14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, November 12, 2014 in Lake Pontchartrain, LA
Aircraft: CESSNA 172K, registration: N46707
Injuries: 2 Fatal.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On November 12, 2014, about 2020 central standard time (CST), a Cessna 172K airplane, N46707, was reported missing near Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. The flight instructor and commercial pilot were both fatally injured. Damage to the airplane is unknown. The airplane was registered to Blue Dot Aviation and operated by a private individual as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight and an instrument flight rules flight plan had been filed. The local flight originated from the Lakefront Airport (KNEW), New Orleans, Louisiana, about 2015. An emergency locator beacon signal has not been reported.
According to preliminary information from the Federal Aviation Administration, about 2015 CST, the pilot was given clearance to depart KNEW. The pilot later radioed that he was airborne. A few minutes later, the pilot requested a return to the Lakefront Airport. There are no reports of a distress call.
At 1953, an automated weather reporting station located at KNEW reported a wind from 010 degrees at 18 knots, visibility 10 miles, an overcast sky at 1,000 feet, temperature 52° Fahrenheit (F), dew point 46° F, and a barometric pressure of 30.17 inches of mercury.
The deceased occupants were located in lake Pontchartrain on November 19. The search for the airplane is still ongoing at the writing of this report.
http://registry.faa.gov/N46707
AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO THE LAKE AND IS SUBJECT OF AN ALERT NOTICE, THE 2 PERSONS ON BOARD ARE MISSING AND PRESUMED FATALLY INJURED, LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, NEAR NEW ORLEANS, LA
Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office: FAA Baton Rouge FSDO-03
Any witnesses should email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov.
LOUISIANA: The body of Lt. Colonel (retd) Aftab Rab, who was presumed dead along with his flying instructor after their small plane crashed into Lake Pontchartrain here, has been recovered.
That the two dead bodies were recovered from the lake after days of hectic efforts by the US Coast Guards.
Rab, who was taking training as a commercial pilot, went missing after his single-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Lakefront Airport in Louisiana on November 12.
Rab’s family has decided to perform his last rites in the United States.
- Source: http://www.cnbcpakistan.com
A second body was found in Lake Pontchartrain on Wednesday, a week after a small plane carrying two people crashed near the New Orleans lakefront, according to a report from our news partners at WVUE Fox 8. Jerry Sneed of the city's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness told the station that authorities are in the process of pulling the second body out of the water.
Earlier Wednesday, New Orleans police said the body of a male had been found in the lake near 5400 Lakeshore Drive. A spokesperson with the mayor's office confirmed to WVUE that the first body was related to last week's plane crash.
But Sneed said investigators were still trying to determine whether the bodies came from the crash. "I can't yet say for sure if the bodies are that of the missing flight instructor and student," WVUE reported.
Officials have been searching the lake since a single-engine plane disappeared Nov. 12 near Lakefront Airport. A flight instructor and student pilot were on board. Officials think they died in the crash.
- Source: http://www.nola.com
NEW ORLEANS —New Orleans authorities believe that a body discovered Wednesday is one of the two people that were inside a plane that went missing over Lake Pontchartrain.
The New Orleans Police Department was notified before 9 a.m. Wednesday that a body was found in the marina near the Lakefront Airport runway.
New Orleans officers began their investigation and determined that the body is one of the two people that were inside a plane last Thursday before it went missing over the lake. Crews have been searching for the passengers and the plane since then.
During the news conference Wednesday, authorities stated that a second body was reported to have been discovered. Crews are now trying to recover it from the lake.
NOPD officers have been working with the New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in the search. Other local public safety agencies have also been providing their assistance in the effort.
New Orleans officials have already sent the first body to the Coroner's Office for identification. But they believe that the two bodies discovered are the pilot and passenger that were inside the plane believed to be a Cessna Skyhawk with the model number N47607.
“The weather conditions have brought some challenges to our responding crews. There are 20 knot winds and three to five-foot waves right now. They're causing our sonar to not work. They're still actively searching and it's an on-going search and rescue effort,” Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Vega said last week.
Records indicate that the plane is registered to Blue Dot Aviation. The owner is believed to be the co-owner of Blue Dot Donuts in Mid-City.
- Source: http://www.wdsu.com
A body of a male has been found in Lake Pontchartrain near 5400 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans police said Wednesday (November 19) at 8:50 a.m.
The body was taken to the coroner's office, which will determine cause of death.
NOPD didn't release any more details.
Officials have been searching the lake after a single-engine plane apparently plunged in the lake Nov. 12 near the Lakefront Airport. A flight instructor and student pilot were onboard the plane. Officials believe they died in the crash, but their bodies have not been recovered.
Read more about the search efforts for the pilot and the passenger.
Police did not say if the body found Wednesday is related to the plane crash.
Check back for more details on this developing story.
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