# NTSB DEN75OD002: Piper PA-23, N6759Y, Mulgulanga V, SF, January 31, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 31, 1975
- Place: Mulgulanga V, SF · MULGULANGA V,ZAIR, South Africa
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 21, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148680
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN75OD002
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN75OD002

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0002  75/1/31    MULGULANGA V,ZAIR   PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1627
        TIME - 1645                    N6759Y              PX-  0  0  0  SEEDING CLOUDS            TOTAL HOURS, 453 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          KOLWEZI,ZAIR                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  LOW ON FUEL
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
        REMARKS- EXPERIENCED NAV-COMM FAILURE,BECAME LOST,LNDD ON DIRT TRAIL.INVEST JURISDICTION GOVT OF ZAIRE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6759Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6759Y-1976-05-25), registration cancelled 1976-05-25, S/N 27-4088 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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