- Date
- July 3, 1969
- Place
- Cottonport, LA · COTTONPORT, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7903HPiper PA-12
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181226
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3010 69/7/3 COTTONPORT,LA PIPER PA-12 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 26, 30 TOTAL TIME - 2030 N7903H PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COTTONPORT STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JASPER,TEX VILLE PLATT,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL APPROACHING DARKNESS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TO LAND BY CAR HEADLIGHTS. NO RADIO EQUIPMENT IN ACFT. STRUCK CESSNA 210 N3882Y,SUB DMGE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7903H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-12
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cottonport Strip
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