- Date
- August 6, 1971
- Place
- Navajoa, Mexico · NAVAJOA,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3693WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163606
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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.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0026 71/8/6 NR.NAVAJOA,MEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 43, UNK/NR TIME - 0930 N3693W PX- 0 2 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HERMOSILLO,MEX PUERTO VALLARTA,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND ON NARROW DIRT ROAD. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3693W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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