- Date
- February 27, 1964
- Place
- New Orleans, LA · NEW ORLEANS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7871PPiper PA24
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 117673
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0024 64/2/27 NEW ORLEANS LA PIPER PA24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 168 TIME - 2400 N7871P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 51 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO USE OR INCORRECTLY USED MISC.EQUIPMENT WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WINDSHIELD,DIRTY,FOGGY,ETC.-RESTRICTED VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FOG TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR CONTROLLED VFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7871P
- Reported as
- Piper PA24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lakefront
N7871PRegistration cancelled May 18, 2018 · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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