- Date
- January 14, 1983, 02:10 local (08:10 UTC)
- Place
- Belle Chase, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3533UPiper PA-31-350
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830114000949A
- Case key
- 20792
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
In flight encounter with weather
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather evaluation - inaccurateCause
Ifr procedure - not possibleCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fenceFactor
Analysis
The acft encountered fog during landing rollout, the pilot lost control and ran into a fence. The air taxi pilot had off loaded his passengers at new orleans and was ferrying the acft to the accident arpt at Belle Chase la. The pilot wasnot injured in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3533U
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31-350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31-7952183
- Airframe hours
- 2,000
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Southern Seaplane
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · December 1, 1982 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- MSY · New Orleans, LA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LA03 · Belle Chase, runway 20, 3,200 × ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 850 in this make and model · 5,440 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 225° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.