- Date
- October 15, 1978
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7500GCessna 172K
- Status
- Completed · report January 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781015038589A
- Case key
- 139119
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3448 78/10/15 NEW ORLEANS,LA CESSNA 172K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 63, 1749 TIME - 1348 N7500G PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: SEATS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELONGATED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- PILOTS SEAT SLID AFT ON TAKEOFF CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.SEAT PIN HOLES ON RAILS OF PLTS SEAT ELGTD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7500G
- Reported as
- Cessna 172K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
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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.