- Date
- July 18, 1973
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7658DBeech A60
- Status
- Completed · report October 16, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730718028299A
- Case key
- 189201
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2433 73/7/18 NEW ORLEANS,LA BEECH A60 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 66, 8000 TIME - 2145 N7658D PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP YAKIMA,WASH NEW ORLEANS,LA TULSA,OKLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER TERRAIN - OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- SURROUNDING AREA SPARSELY LTD. ACFT DEBRIS & OCCUPANTS RECOVERED FROM LAKE. NO APCH LTG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7658D
- Reported as
- Beech A60
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.