- Date
- September 1, 1970
- Place
- Port Sulphur, LA · PORT SULPHUR, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N751MCCessna 180F
- Status
- Completed · report June 14, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 182084
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3418 70/9/1 PORT SULPHUR,LA CESSNA 180F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1300 TIME - 0850 N751MC PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1290 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT SULPHUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUMA,LA VENICE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT NOTED OIL PRESSURE DROP.L WING TIP HIT TREES.ACFT FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N751MC
- Reported as
- Cessna 180F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Port Sulphur
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 N751MC · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.