- Date
- April 2, 1972
- Place
- Mexicali, Mexico · MEXICALI,BAJA,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5609RCessna 172
- Status
- Completed · report January 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166800
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0014 72/4/2 NR.MEXICALI,BAJA,MEX CESSNA 172 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 108 TIME - 1130 N5609R PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MULEGE,MEX MEXICALI,BAJA,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE MEXICAN GOV.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5609R
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5609RRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2014 · Cessna 172FAirframe modelCessna 172FEngine modelContinental 0-300 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N5609R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.