# NTSB FTW68O0004: Piper PA-24, N9066P, Mexico City, Mexico, August 27, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 27, 1967
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico · MEXICO CITY, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 27, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113421
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW68O0004
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW68O0004

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0086  67/8/27    MEXICO CITY,MEX     PIPER PA-24         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1415                    N9066P              PX-  4  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 55, 8700 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
                                                                    *ERROR-INVALID CODE*: *ERROR-INVALID CODE*
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF MEXICO GOVT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9066P](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9066P-1970-06-12), registration cancelled 1970-06-12, S/N 24-4534 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (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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