- Date
- March 4, 1979
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4178BAero Comm 520
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790304004079A
- Case key
- 137563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0536 79/3/4 NEW ORLEANS,LA AERO COMM 520 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 664 TIME - 1630 N4178B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOUTH BIMINI,BAHAMAS TAMPICO,MEXICO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4178B
- Reported as
- Aero Comm 520
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4178BRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2012 · Aero Commander 520Airframe modelAero Commander 520Engine modelLycoming GO-435C&D series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N4178B · 2
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