- Date
- May 9, 1976
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8730EPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760509011659A
- Case key
- 153326
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1021 76/5/9 NR.LAFAYETTE,LA PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 311 TIME - UNK/NR N8730E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 176 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - OTHER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: VOR RECEIVERS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- PLT STATED VOR & COMM EQUIP FAILED.UN LOCATE ARPT SO LND ON ROAD.R WG HIT UNK OBJECT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8730E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8730ERegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2006 · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8730E · 1
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