- Date
- May 9, 1970
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3377Grumman G-44
- Status
- Completed · report February 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121754
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1999 70/5/9 NR.NEW ORLEANS,LA GRUMMAN G-44 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N3377 PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 48, 13000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 850 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,ALA CHANDELEUR ISLAND,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT TERRAIN - ROUGH WATER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE 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 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 135 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 20 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- LND IN ROUGHER WATER THAN EXPECTED. GUSTING TO 25K. DMGD HULL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3377
- Reported as
- Grumman G-44
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N3377Registration cancelled Jan 15, 2019 · Grumman G-44AAirframe modelGrumman G-44AEngine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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