- Date
- September 1, 1976
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N51BCCessna A185F
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760901030779A
- Case key
- 155265
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2730 76/9/1 LAFAYETTE,LA CESSNA A185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 5000 TIME - 1630 N51BC PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFAYETTE MUNCPL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,LA HOUMA,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: RAM AIR ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - COLLAPSED PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51BC
- Reported as
- Cessna A185F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lafayette Muncpl
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.