Date: | Monday 7 November 1977 |
Time: | 18:20 |
Type: | North American Sabreliner 40 |
Owner/operator: | Mechanical Equipment |
Registration: | N77AP |
MSN: | 282-37 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lake Pontchartrain, LA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | New Orleans-Lakefront Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW) |
Destination airport: | Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Climbed to 300 feet following a night takeoff from New Orleans runway 35 and began a descending left turn. Crashed into water.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
pilot-failed to maintain positive rate of climb
miscellaneous acts,conditions - instruments-misread or failed to read
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts,conditions - checklist-failed to use
miscellaneous acts,conditions - aircraft came to rest in water
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW78FA011 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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