- Date
- June 5, 1980
- Place
- Delacroix, LA · DELACROIX, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N4478RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800605018789A
- Case key
- 131091
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0507 80/6/5 DELACROIX,LA CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0900 N4478R PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC AGE 63, 20100 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 4000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARVEY, LA DELACROIX,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD.PLT & PAX ABANDONED ACFT,SWAM TO SHORE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4478R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.