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Coast Guard searching for possible downed plane at Lakefront Airport
Posted on 11/24/25 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 11/24/25 at 9:00 pm
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Looks like spatial disorientation may have taken another pilot, possibly a student.
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According to the Coast Guard, around 6:36 p.m., they were notified about a possible downed Cessna aircraft that lost contact with the Lakefront Airport approximately 4 miles over Lake Pontchartrain.
The Coast Guard has launched a helicopter and a boat to search for the plane.
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The owner of the plane, Michael Carastro, tells WDSU he is on the way to the airport from Gulfport. The plane is registered to an aviation school in Mississippi.
Looks like spatial disorientation may have taken another pilot, possibly a student.
This post was edited on 11/24/25 at 9:29 pm
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Posted on 11/24/25 at 9:23 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
USCG works their mission every day.
Posted on 11/24/25 at 10:01 pm to LemmyLives
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USCG works their mission every day.
They really do. We other branches talk a lot of shite to them, but it's all in good fun. 99% of the time the rest of the military isn't doing much of anything, and the CG is always out there. God bless those guys.
Posted on 11/24/25 at 11:03 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Doesn’t look good is all I can say..
Posted on 11/24/25 at 11:16 pm to SickTiger
Flight radar is up on C6037 it’s a MH-60T Jayhawk still searching dosent look promising….
Posted on 11/25/25 at 6:27 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Prayers sent for all involved …. Sunrise is only minutes away which will help aid in the search and rescue efforts
Posted on 11/25/25 at 6:42 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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METAR KNEW 250153Z 14008KT 10SM BKN030 22/21 A2999 RMK AO1 SLP147 T02220211
METAR KNEW 250053Z 13009KT 10SM SCT008 22/21 A2998 RMK AO1 SLP147 T02220211
SPECI KNEW 250051Z 13009KT 10SM SCT008 22/21 A2999 RMK AO1
SPECI KNEW 250039Z 13011KT 10SM BKN008 22/21 A2999 RMK AO1 T02220211
Looks like the cloud layer was really low at that time. Around 800’…. If this was a student and CFI, I hope they were doing instrument training bc no PPL training should have been held in those conditions.
This post was edited on 11/25/25 at 6:43 am
Posted on 11/25/25 at 6:45 am to Tigeralum2008
Yeah, dumbass weather day to be out in for training in a tiny plane.
Hope for the best for the people involved.
Hope for the best for the people involved.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 6:46 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Around 11:00 p.m. Monday night, Wildlife and Fisheries discovered a seat cushion from what appears to be debris from a small plane.
Frick…..
Posted on 11/25/25 at 6:56 am to Tigeralum2008
Damn. So sad.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 7:32 am to LemmyLives
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USCG works their mission every day.
They are carrying out drills all the time and I'd trust their coastal rescue abilities more than any US gov't agency.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 7:45 am to Macfly
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I'd trust their coastal rescue abilities more than any US gov't agency.
Ummm...
Posted on 11/25/25 at 7:57 am to Macfly
USCG
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US gov't agency
Posted on 11/25/25 at 9:16 am to Tigeralum2008
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Looks like the cloud layer was really low at that time. Around 800’…. If this was a student and CFI, I hope they were doing instrument training bc no PPL training should have been held in those conditions.
Exactly, and these factored in over a large lake with no visual references is a deadly combo. They probably didn't know what happened until they hit the water.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 3:57 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
The student was working on a commercial instrument rating so the instructor was instrument rated and was obviously an CFIi, an instrument instructor as well, so the low clouds and the lake should not have been an issue for her at all.
Posted on 11/25/25 at 4:02 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
Was it a DEI pilot?
Edit: yep
WDSU
Edit: yep
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The instructor, a woman, had 1,300 flying hours
WDSU
This post was edited on 11/25/25 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 11/25/25 at 4:04 pm to RFFJR
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the instructor was instrument rated and was obviously an CFIi, an instrument instructor as well, so the low clouds and the lake should not have been an issue for her at all.
might have had wet ink on her tickets but still very inexperienced, not a safe assumption
This post was edited on 11/25/25 at 4:08 pm
Posted on 11/25/25 at 4:05 pm to RFFJR
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so the low clouds and the lake should not have been an issue for her at all.
But the her part might have been
Posted on 11/25/25 at 4:19 pm to danilo
They need to add a bunch additional hours to female pilots training before they let them fly. Like 350
Posted on 11/25/25 at 4:20 pm to Beessnax
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They need to add a bunch additional hours to female pilots training before they let them fly. Like 350
wait till you hear about the USAF's upcoming UPT curriculum
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