- Date
- February 10, 1965
- Place
- Leeville, LA · LEEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9311TCessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0185 65/2/10 LEEVILLE LA CESSNA 180 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 555 TIME - 1500 N9311T PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 550 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PIPE LINE CANAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE BROKEN 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND TEMPERATURE-F RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES 80 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- WIND GUSTY TO 30 KNOTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9311T
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pipe Line Canal
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Other investigations on N9311T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC01LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFairbanks, AKThe pilot's failure to refuel the airplane, his inadequate preflight planning/decision making, and subsequent fuel exhaustion during cruise flight.NTSB DEN84LA182Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLustre, MTDue to strong crosswind conditions at the prepared landing strip, the pilot elected to land in an open field. On touchdown, the right main landing gear encountered a hole, breaking the mounting structure and collapsing the gear. A ground loop ensued. The…