- Date
- February 3, 1976
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3329GBeech C-45H
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760203013909A
- Case key
- 152642
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1183 76/2/3 NR.LAFAYETTE,LA BEECH C-45H CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 2875 TIME - 0542 N3329G PX- 1 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 520 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFAYETTE REGIONA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,LA PATTERSON,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CARGO SHIFTED WEATHER - FOG 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 PARTIAL OBSCURATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 210 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ENTERED UNK THIN LAYER OF FOG. CRASHED IN SWAMP.DIDN'T UPDATE WEATHER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3329G
- Reported as
- Beech C-45H
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lafayette Regiona
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N3329G · 1
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