- Date
- September 11, 1987, 06:29 local (11:29 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1352WPartenavia P68C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870911051629A
- Case key
- 22276
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt began an ILS rwy 18R apch at ngt to the lakefront arpt. He rprtd that after the acft broke out of the clouds at 1700', he transitioned to a visual apch. He stated that as he contd, the apch seemed normal, except the VASI lights seemed too FAR down the rwy. He remembered that just before impact, the VASI was providing a red over red indcn, but he did not worry as he perceived the acft was over the end of the rwy & he was about to flare. At about that time, the acft impacted with water, well short of the rwy. As the acft sank, the plt escaped thru a hole in the windshield. Subsequently, he was found by passing fishermen. The plt believed he had gotten a false perception of the rwy location due to reflection of lights off of calm lake water.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1352W
- Reported as
- Partenavia P68C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 232
- Airframe hours
- 913
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1B6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- El Tres Petroleum Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1987 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- OR9 · Hammond, LA
- Destination
- NEW
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- NEW · Lakefront, runway 18R, 6,700 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 73
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,164 total · 30 in this make and model · 14,905 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.