- Date
- June 22, 1982, 17:06 local (22:06 UTC)
- Place
- French Settleme, LA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2495NPiper PA-38-112
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820622024079A
- Case key
- 70756
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot departed shreveport, LA at 1400 CDT on the return part of a cross-country to jackson, MS. A VFR flight plan had been filed listing 3 1/2 hrs of fuel on board. At about 1706 CDT, the plane crashed near French settlement, LA, about 140 miles south southwest of the destination. The accident occurred while the pilot was attempting to locate a precautionary landing site and the plane collided with a tree adjacent to a gravel road.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2495N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-38-112
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 38-79A0873
- Airframe hours
- 1,147
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Felicia D. Hall
- Registered owner
- North Jackson Aviation
- Departed
- SHV · Shreveport, LA
- Destination
- JAN · Jackson/Madison, MS
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 56 total · 56 in this make and model · 31 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 187 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTR, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.