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FTW75FRD13

1974-10-19 · LAFAYETTE, Louisiana, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N38LL has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (LOCKHEED-CONFEDERATE AIRFORCE P-38, built 1975), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
LOCKHEED P-38L · N38LL
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EB
Operator type
Business
Airport
LAFAYETTE REGIONA
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED

Aircraft history

Serial number
000000350281
Total time
1,567 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
2,126
Age
40

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

O.SNGL ENG PFRMCE NOT DMONSTRTD.LOST PWR L ENG

Investigator remarks

TRAINEE PLT TOTL TM IN TYP ACFT 1 HR DL 2 HR SOL

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/16 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
  • 64/L/01 L
    PILOT IN COMMAND ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
  • 64/K/21 K
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS Joint factor
  • 64/K/31 K
    PILOT IN COMMAND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT Joint factor
  • 68/K/C1 K
    PERSONNEL INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3665. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3665.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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