- Date
- June 24, 1976
- Place
- Golden Meadow, LA · GOLDEN MEADOW, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4779UCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760624019999A
- Case key
- 154515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1595 76/6/24 GOLDEN MEADOW,LA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 1901 TIME - 1045 N4779U PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 735 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GOLDEN MEADOW,LA HOUMA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- TKOF FRM CANAL BETWEEN 2 BARGES. BOAT APPEARED DRG TKOF RUN SO PLT TRIED TO PASS TO R & HIT POLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4779U
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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