FTW67D0629

NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-23 · Pitiquito, Mexico · February 19, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
February 19, 1967
Place
Pitiquito, Mexico · PITIQUITO,MEX, MX
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N1294PPiper PA-23
Status
Completed · report February 23, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
118315

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0016  67/2/19    PITIQUITO,MEX       PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 7500
        TIME - 1630                    N1294P              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PITIQUITO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             LANDING: OTHER
        COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT.
                                  PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF MEXICO GOVT. AFTER LANDING,ACFT DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Aircraft

Registration
N1294P
Reported as
Piper PA-23
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed
Airport
Pitiquito

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.