- Date
- June 23, 1974
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1965QCessna 177RG
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740623016439A
- Case key
- 126391
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1420 74/6/23 NEW ORLEANS,LA CESSNA 177RG CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1000 TIME - 1740 N1965Q PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 277 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KISSIMMEE,FLA NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OPERATING ON BOTH FUEL TANKS.L TANK DRY,BOOST PUMP NOT ON.NO ENG OR FUEL SYS MALFUNCTION FND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1965Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 177RG
- 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.