- Date
- August 29, 1969
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4631UCessna 180G
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180502
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2420 69/8/29 LEEVILLE,LA CESSNA 180G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 6300 TIME - 1250 N4631U PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 2200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUMA,LA TIMBALIER BAY,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 87 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED. ATTEMPTED T/O WITH WATER RUDDER RETRACTED. STRUCK OIL WELL HEAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4631U
- Reported as
- Cessna 180G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N4631U · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC25FA001Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldPreliminary reportBig Lake, AKOn October 4, 2024, about 1730 Alaska daylight time, a float-equipped Cessna 180 airplane, N4631U, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Big Lake, Alaska. The pilot was fatally injured, and one passenger sustained serious…NTSB ANC08CA090Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportAnchorage, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was an inadvertent ground-loop.NTSB ANC76DAH89Accident · No injuriesClosedKulik Lake, AK