# NTSB FTW72AF009: Beech D18S, N296RB, Loreauville, LA, August 1, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1971
- Place: Loreauville, LA · LOREAUVILLE, LA
- Location: 30.0633° N, 91.7390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Loreauville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0633&lon=-91.7390&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 14, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163642
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72AF009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72AF009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4374   71/8/1    LOREAUVILLE,LA      BEECH D18S          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 300
        TIME - 1630                    N296RB              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAVANNAH,GA                 LAKE CHARLES,LA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        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                                                  700
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          3 MILES OR LESS                                          RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       75
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          VFR                                                      NONE
        REMARKS- PLT WX BRIEF INCLDD CURRENT SIGMET CALLING FOR TSTMS IMBEDED IN WX THRUOUT INTNDD ROUTE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N296RB](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N296RB-1971-09-23), registration cancelled 1971-09-23, S/N A82, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH D18S
- Registry model: [Beech D18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-d18s) (registry code 1151004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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