- Date
- March 2, 1979
- Place
- Plaquemine, LA · PLAQUEMINE, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N70359Cessna 185A
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790302003979A
- Case key
- 137742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0166 79/3/2 PLAQUEMINE,LA CESSNA 185A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 2886 TIME - 1315 N70359 PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 487 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAQUEMINE,LA PEARLINGTON,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN COLLIDED WITH: TREES TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70359
- Reported as
- Cessna 185A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N70359 · 1
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