- Date
- January 21, 1971
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7444YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 80389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0021 71/1/21 NEW ORLEANS,LA PIPER PA-30 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 18000 TIME - 0718 N7444Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA SAN PEDRO SULA,HOND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- ACFT COMPUTED TO BE 467 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WT. CG AT EXTREME AFT LIMITS. DID COMPLETE ROLL TO L.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7444Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
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