# NTSB FTW74DRJ26: Piper PA-23, N14348, Vera Cruz, Mexico, December 5, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 5, 1973
- Place: Vera Cruz, Mexico · VERA CRUZ, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 11, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187341
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW74DRJ26
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRJ26

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0063   73/12/5 NR.VERA CRUZ,MEX      PIPER PA-23         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1300                    N14348              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JUNGLE STRIP
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          VERA CRUZ,MEX               BELIZE,BR HONDURAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATN UNDR JURISDICTN OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14348](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14348-1983-05-26), registration cancelled 1983-05-26, S/N 277304929 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-23
- Registry model: [Piper PA-23-250](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-23-250) (registry code 7102308) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Jungle Strip

## Other investigations on N14348 (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC82FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82FA103), Sep 1, 1981: Piper PA-23 (N14348), Ltl Diomede Is, AK, destroyed, 3 fatal

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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