Piper PA-18 N3799A
31 October 1970 · Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 31 October 1970 at about 13:00 local time, a Piper PA-18 registered N3799A, operated by LVM Towing Co., was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, United States
- Nearest airport
- Bordelon
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Piper PA-18
- Registration
- N3799A
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- LVM Towing Co.
- Operating rule
- Corporate/Executive
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Route
- S → Morgan City, la
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1649
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
HORIZ STAB TRIM IMPROPERLY SET ACCORDING TO OBS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |