Pine Bluff - New Orleans

On May 5, 1982 at 02:30 PM, Pine Bluff - New Orleans experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by Astro Airways, with the event recorded near Franklinton Louisiana.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The passenger stated that after sharp turns at low altitude over a farm house they did a roll and were too low to recover prior to striking trees. The aircraft came to rest inverted in a 4-5 feet deep farm pond. The autopsy report shows the pilot's death by asphyxia due to drowning. The passenger also stated they had also flown low over a beach and performed a roll enroute from pine bluff.

Aircraft reference details include registration N73013, MSN 207-0554, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.8471°, -90.1531°.