- Date
- March 11, 1979
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10QHBeech 65-A80
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790311006019A
- Case key
- 137879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0291 79/3/11 NR.NEW ORLEANS,LA BEECH 65-A80 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 5204 TIME - 1610 N10QH PX- 1 0 1 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OKLAHOMA CITY,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- FLT TO CHECK OUT ACFT IN LOCAL AREA.RPTD DITCHING SITE 835SM FROM DEPT POINT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10QH
- Reported as
- Beech 65-A80
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.