# NTSB FTW68O0001: Aero Comdr 500B, N6172X, Mulege, Mexico, July 2, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 2, 1967
- Place: Mulege, Mexico · MULEGE,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 114833
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68O0001
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68O0001

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0070   67/7/2    MULEGE,MEX          AERO COMDR 500B     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 460
        TIME - 1330                    N6172X              PX-  0  0  5  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-UNKNOWN      OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PLAYA DE MULEGE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF MEXICO GOVT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6172X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6172X-2020-01-31), registration cancelled 2020-01-31, S/N 500B-965-20, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 500B
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 500-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (registry code 0141106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Airport: Playa De Mulege

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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