New Orleans - Fort Lauderdale

On November 7, 1977 at 06:20 PM, New Orleans - Fort Lauderdale experienced a crash involving Rockwell Sabreliner 40, operated by Mechanical Equipment Company, with the event recorded near New Orleans-Lakefront Louisiana.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 75.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from New Orleans-Lakefront Airport runway 35, while climbing by night to a height of 300 feet, the airplane entered a left turn then struck the water surface and crashed into Lake Pontchartrain. A pilot was seriously injured while three other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N77AP, MSN 282-37, year of manufacture 1965.