- Date
- November 23, 1970
- Place
- Indian Bayou, LA · INDIAN BAYOU, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2874XCessna 177
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159390
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1931 70/11/23 INDIAN BAYOU,LA CESSNA 177 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 2334 TIME - 0124 N2874X PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TEX LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 67 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 250 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- PLT ADVSD TWR WANTED TO DO A ONE-EIGHTY.HIT GRND WINGS LVL SLGTLY NOSE DWN APRX 12MI SW OF ARPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2874X
- Reported as
- Cessna 177
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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