Federal Aviation Administration Flight Standards District Office: FAA Baton Rouge FSDO-03
NTSB Identification: CEN15FAMS1
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Wednesday, November 12, 2014 in Lake Pontchartrain, LA
Probable Cause Approval Date: 03/17/2015
Aircraft: CESSNA 172K, registration: N46707
Injuries: 2 Fatal.
NTSB investigators either traveled in support of this investigation or conducted a significant amount of investigative work without any travel, and used data obtained from various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
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.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The airplane's collision with water for reasons that could not be determined because the wreckage was not located.
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 and on November 21, the search for the airplane was suspended.
NTSB Identification: CEN15LA047
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.
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.
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.
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. Police did not say if the body found Wednesday is related to the plane crash.
Flight instructor Burt Lattimore (pictured) and student pilot Aftab Rab were identified by friends and family as the men missing and presumed dead after their Cessna 172 apparently crashed Wednesday night (Nov. 12) into Lake Pontchartrain shortly after takeoff from New Orleans Lakefront Airport.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard says it has suspended its search for a small plane that went missing over Lake Pontchartrain's choppy waters.
A brief statement Thursday evening said resuming the search would depend on further developments.
Lt. Cmdr. Mark Molavi says the Coast Guard has searched the 161-square-mile area 13 times over 20 hours.
Air traffic controllers notified the Coast Guard around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday that a Cessna 172 was missing with two people aboard.
Petty Officer Carlos Vega says the plane was believed to be carrying an instructor and a student pilot.
He says debris was found in the lake near the plane's last known location but it was unclear whether the material was part of the missing plane.
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard and several other agencies were searching the choppy waters of Lake Pontchartrain for a missing plane.
Air traffic controllers at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport notified the U.S. Coast Guard around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday that a Cessna 172 single-engine aircraft was missing with two people aboard, said Petty Officer Carlos Vega.
He said the aircraft was last seen on radar one mile northeast of Lakefront Airport, a small airport used mostly by private and corporate aircraft. The plane was believed to be carrying an instructor and a student pilot. Their identities were not immediately released.
A debris field was found in the lake near the plane's last known location, but it was unclear whether the material was part of the missing plane, Vega said.
He said rescuers are facing strong winds and rain on the lake Thursday morning. A strong cold front was pushing through the area and was expected to bring the season's first freezing temperatures on Thursday night.
Wednesday's crash was the second involving a light plane near Lakefront Airport in less than three months.
On Aug. 22, a single-engine plane made a forced landing in the lake just short of the airport's runway. The pilot was the only person aboard and was able to swim to shore without injury.
Authorities are searching for the student and instructor aboard a small plane believed to have gone down Wednesday night (Nov. 12) in Lake Pontchartrain near Lakefront Airport, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Coast Guard personnel received a report of the missing Cessna 172 plane around 8:30 p.m. Radar last spotted the plane about a mile northeast from the airport, Coast Guard officials said. It was carrying a student and instructor at the time it went missing.
Multiple agencies are currently searching for the plane. Levee District Police directed phone calls about the plane to Flightline First, which declined to comment when reached by phone late Wednesday.
Coast Guard officials confirmed the plane's tail number, which according to the Federal Aviation Administration online registry is registered to Blue Dot Aviation in New Orleans. A Blue Dot representative declined to comment late Wednesday.
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - A single-engine plane went into Lake Pontchartrain Wednesday night with two people on board, according to the Coast Guard.
The plane, a Cessna 172 , left out of air services company Flightline First at the Lakefront Airport and went down just after 8:30 p.m.
Causeway Police said airport officials asked them to review their radar to help pinpoint an exact location. The Coast Guard said the plane was last seen on radar 1 mile northeast of the airport.
The flight was reported to be a student-instructor flight.
The Coast Guard is working with Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries, the Houston air traffic control center and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office to find the pilot and passenger.
NEW ORLEANS -- The Coast Guard says a small airplane went down Wednesday night in Lake Pontchartrain.
Officials say a search and rescue mission is underway. Officials weren't able to release an exact location of the crash.
No further details have been released. It's not clear what plane crashed, and the amount of people on it is unknown.
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