ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 171236
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 November 2014 |
| Time: | 20:20 |
| Type: |  Cessna 172K Skyhawk |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N46707 |
| MSN: | 17257441 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320 SERIES |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | UNK |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Pontchartrain, NE of Lakefront Airport (KNEW), New Orleans, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | New Orleans, LA (NEW) |
| New Orleans, LA (NEW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and commercial pilot departed their home airport for a local, night instructional flight. Shortly after departure, the pilot contacted an air traffic controller and stated that he needed to return to the airport; he did not specify why. The pilot made no further communications. A search was initiated, and, several days after the accident, the two pilots’ bodies were located in a lake; the airplane was not located. The reason for the airplane’s collision with the water could not be determined.
Probable Cause: The airplane's collision with water for reasons that could not be determined because the wreckage was not located.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N46707/history/20141113/0210Z/KNEW/KNEW
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=46707
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2014 10:17 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Nov-2014 19:45 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 21-Nov-2014 07:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Nov-2014 19:43 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source] |
| 12-Dec-2014 18:55 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:34 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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