- Date
- March 14, 1978
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 6 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1984YMooney M20EN31BCN.American NA-265
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA reports
- 19780314008681A19780314008682A
- Case key
- 143273
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0590 78/3/14 NEW ORLEANS,LA N.AMERICAN NA-265 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1821 N31BC PX- 0 0 4 CORP/EXEC 30, 5567 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 1 0 2291 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA SAINT LOUIS,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- TKOF RWY 36.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0590 78/3/14 NEW ORLEANS,LA MOONEY M20E CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 338 TIME - 1821 N1984Y PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 6 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATON ROUGE,LA NEW ORLEANS,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH AIRCRAFT: ONE AIRBORNE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - OPERATED CARELESSLY PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. REMARKS- DID NOT REPORT TO TWR BASE LEG RWY 18 AS INSTRUCTED.LNDD RWY 18,POSITION LIGHTS OFF.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N1984Y
- Reported as
- Mooney M20E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
N1984YRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2009 · Mooney M20EAirframe modelMooney M20EEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N31BC
- Reported as
- N.American NA-265
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakefront
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1984Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.