# NTSB FTW7600003: Cessna 206, N5020U, Tuxpan, Mexico, March 12, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 12, 1976
- Place: Tuxpan, Mexico · TUXPAN,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 154201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW7600003
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW7600003

## 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  76/3/12    TUXPAN,MEX          CESSNA 206          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2817
        TIME - 1735                    N5020U              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          TUXPAN,MEX                  MC ALLEN,TX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES                               TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5020U (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 206
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

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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