- Date
- July 5, 1970
- Place
- Houma, LA · HOUMA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2486FCessna 180H
- Status
- Completed · report September 2, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115577
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0775 70/7/5 HOUMA,LA CESSNA 180H CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 4111 TIME - 1900 N2486F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 3111 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TERREBONNE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PATTERSON,LA HOUMA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: CARBURETOR POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD. CARB AIR BOX BUTTERFLY VALVE TO SHAFT RETAINING RIVETS FAILED,VALVE DISCONNECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2486F
- Reported as
- Cessna 180H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Terrebonne
N2486FRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2012 · Cessna 180HAirframe modelCessna 180HEngine modelContinental O-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N2486F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.