| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Pontchartrain, LA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | New Orleans-Lakefront Airport, LA (NEW/KNEW) |
| Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
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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Sources:
NTSB
Location
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