- Date
- September 16, 1975
- Place
- Alexandria, LA · ALEXANDRIA, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7747JPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report October 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750916031649A
- Case key
- 150758
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2793 75/9/16 ALEXANDRIA,LA PIPER PA-32 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2220 N7747J PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO AGE 40, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 77 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GANESVILLE,TX HOUMA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - RAIN WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 800 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 70 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR REMARKS- ILS MODE SET FOR NORMAL APCH,NOT BACK COURSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7747J
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N7747J · 1
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