CEN13WA405

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-32R-301T · Lagunillas, Mexico · May 30, 2013

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
May 30, 2013, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
Place
Lagunillas, Mexico
Injuries
1 fatal, 4 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N371HPPiper PA-32R-301T
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
87454

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N371HP
Reported as
Piper PA-32R-301T
Category
Airplane
Serial number
3257206
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Pilot
Registered owner
Adams Aviation Services Inc. Trustee
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
MMPR · Puerto Vallarta
Destination
MMGL · Guadalajara
Flight plan
VFR/IFR

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Docket · 1

The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 22, 2013, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 26 KB in all.