# NTSB FTW03WA043: Cessna 182M, N70685, Gonzaga, Mexico, November 15, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 15, 2002, 08:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Gonzaga, Mexico
- Coordinates: 29.75, -114.5
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7500&lon=-114.5000&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: San Antonio, Texas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 56073
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW03WA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/56073/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03WA043

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70685](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70685-2013-05-03), registration cancelled 2013-05-03, S/N 18259355, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 182M
- Registry model: [Cessna 182M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182m) (registry code 2072728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald H. Thornburgh, doing business as DHT Inc.
- Departed: Gonzaga
- Destination: Mexicali
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 360° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

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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