Savannah – Lake Charles

On August 1, 1971 at 04:30 PM, Savannah – Lake Charles experienced a crash involving Beechcraft D18, operated by Air Lease, with the event recorded near Loreauville Louisiana.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Savannah to Lake Charles, while in cruising altitude, the pilot encountered very bad weather conditions with heavy rain falls and turbulences. In clouds, he lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed in an open field. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N296RB, MSN A-82, year of manufacture 1946.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.0566°, -91.7371°.