- Date
- October 24, 1978
- Place
- Lafitte, LA · LAFITTE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5211RCessna 185F
- Status
- Completed · report December 5, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781024037299A
- Case key
- 139088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3121 78/10/24 LAFITTE,LA CESSNA 185F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1470 TIME - 1530 N5211R PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1074 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFITTE,LA WESTWEGO,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5211R
- Reported as
- Cessna 185F
- 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.