- Date
- September 6, 1976
- Place
- Port Barre, LA · PORT BARRE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8791LPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760906030129A
- Case key
- 155344
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2573 76/9/6 PORT BARRE,LA PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 9346 TIME - 1630 N8791L PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 1499 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PORT BARRE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8791L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8791LRegistered now · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8791L · 2
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