- Date
- January 27, 1972
- Place
- Gulf Of Mex (Gulf of Mexico) · GULF OF MEX, GM
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N6648YPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0412 72/1/27 GULF OF MEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 71, UNK/NR TIME - 1100 N6648Y PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP MEREDA,MEX MATAMOROS,MEX VERA CRUZ,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- RPRTD TO HAVE CRASHED IN 100FT OF WTR.DMG & INJ INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6648Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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