# NTSB FTW72DRG57: Beech C-18S, N7939C, Santa Rosalin, Mexico, February 1, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 1, 1972
- Place: Santa Rosalin, Mexico · SANTA ROSALIN, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 9 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 11, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW72DRG57
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW72DRG57

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0005   72/2/1    SANTA ROSALIN,MEX   BEECH C-18S         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1300                    N7939C              PX-  0  0  8  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 22, 1345 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            122 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA ROSALINA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MULEGE,MEX                  SANTA ROSALIN,MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES                                   LANDING: ROLL
        REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7939C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7939C-2011-08-01), registration cancelled 2011-08-01, S/N 29606, built 1944 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C-18S
- Registry model: [Beech C18S](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c18s) (registry code 1150902) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Santa Rosalina

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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