- Date
- September 8, 1979
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1944FCessna 172N
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790908034499A
- Case key
- 133645
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3084 79/9/8 LAFAYETTE,LA CESSNA 172N CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 125 TIME - 2038 N1944F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFAYETTE REGNL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW IBERIA,LA LAFAYETTE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITION REMARKS- METHAQUALONE FOUND IN PILOT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1944F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lafayette Regnl
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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.