- Date
- November 22, 1964
- Place
- Westwego, LA · WESTWEGO, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8871RBellanca 260A
- Status
- Completed · report December 31, 1964
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3545 64/11/22 WESTWEGO LA BELLANCA 260A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 350 TIME - 1745 N8871R PX- 0 0 3 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 3 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTWEGO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8871R
- Reported as
- Bellanca 260A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Westwego
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