- Date
- January 17, 1968
- Place
- Slidell, LA · SLIDELL, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N6312RPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112200
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0060 68/1/17 SLIDELL,LA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N6312R PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS AGE 43, 1800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 650 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLIDELL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ REMARKS- DARK NIGHT WITH FEW LIGHTS,NO HORIZON.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6312R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Slidell
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