- Date
- September 6, 1978
- Place
- Farmersville, LA · FARMERSVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N244BDouglas DC-7C
- Status
- Completed · report September 26, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780906029799A
- Case key
- 139619
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2547 78/9/6 FARMERSVILLE,LA DOUGLAS DC-7C CR- 1 0 3 COMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, TIME - 0310 N244B PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-I UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CURACAO,NETS ALMYRA,AR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ILLEGAL MARIJUANA CARGO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N244B
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-7C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.