- Date
- November 7, 1977
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N77APN.American NA-265
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771107039639A
- Case key
- 144242
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4231 77/11/7 NEW ORLEANS,LA N.AMERICAN NA-265 CR- 1 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N77AP PX- 2 0 0 CORP/EXEC 33, 6612 TOTAL HOURS, 243 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA FT.LAUDERDALE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CHECKLIST-FAILED TO USE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77AP
- Reported as
- N.American NA-265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
N77APRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 1982 · North American NA-265-40Airframe modelNorth American NA-265-40
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.