# Accident 19970317003329A: Piper PA28181, Toluca, Mexico, March 17, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1997
- Place: Toluca, Mexico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5968F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5968F-2013-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970317003329A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CUERNAVACA AT APPROXIMATELY 1:20 PM ON MARCH 16, 1997, TO MONTERREY WITH FLIGHT PLAN. AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED WEST OF CURENAVACA ON MARCH 20, 1997. PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED, NO FIRE. EMERGENCY WAS NO DECLARED. NO N.M.A.C. AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO SIDE OF MOUNTAIN.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5968F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19920111002199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920111002199I), Jan 11, 1992: Piper PA28181 (N5968F), Crockett, TX. Aircraft experienced a power interruption. Forced landing in field. Found no useable fuel in fuel cells.
- [Incident 19910228012319I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910228012319I), Feb 28, 1991: Piper PA28181 (N5968F), Abilene, TX. Fuel exhaustion. Forced landing in a pasture.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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