- Date
- September 2, 1984, 00:00 local (05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Missing Acft
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N93480Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840902049789A
- Case key
- 21488
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Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
Analysis
N93480 departed lafayette, la on a reported 2 hr sight-seeing flt over the gulf of Mexico & failed to return. There was no further contact with the plt & neither the plt nor the Acft have been found. The plt left a note suggesting possible suicide. Info concerning plt injury & Acft damage is presume.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93480
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 152-85498
- Airframe hours
- 1,161
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Fournet Air Service Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LFT · Lafayette, LA
- Destination
- LFT · Lafayette, LA
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LFT
FAA reports on this event · 1
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