- Date
- April 5, 1980
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7841ZCessna 150
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800405008269A
- Case key
- 131084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0501 80/4/5 NEW ORLEANS,LA CESSNA 150 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 341 TIME - 1209 N7841Z PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 316 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW ORLEANS,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7841Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lakefront
N7841ZRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 150CAirframe modelCessna 150CEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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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.