- Date
- December 5, 1971
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N78DAero Comdr 680T
- Status
- Completed · report April 11, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164555
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3206 71/12/5 NEW ORLEANS,LA AERO COMDR 680T CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 5812 TIME - 2323 N78D PX- 2 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KNOXVILLE,TENN NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F SMOKE 59 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 120 22 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN BELOW MINIMUMS IFR REMARKS- DESCENDED BELOW MDA ON LOCALIZER APCH. CRASHED IN LAKE ON 2ND ATTEMPT. BODY OF 1 PAX NOT RECOVERED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N78D
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 680T
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
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