- Date
- July 31, 1973
- Place
- Empalme, Mexico · EMPALME,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N5198LPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 24, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730731027059A
- Case key
- 188789
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0034 73/7/31 NR.EMPALME,MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1250 TIME - 0940 N5198L PX- 0 0 0 UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TOTAL HOURS, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5198L
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.