# NTSB FTW87WA070: Cessna 175, N7635M, La Union Morale, Mexico, February 20, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 20, 1987, 00:00 local (06:00 UTC)
- Place: La Union Morale, Mexico
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22440
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW87WA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22440/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW87WA070

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7635M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7635M-2014-11-18), registration cancelled 2014-11-18, S/N 55935, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GO-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-go-300-series) (registry code 17024, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Donald L. Harper
- Departed: HRL, HARLINGEN, TX
- Destination: LAGO VISTA

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 260° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 400 ft
- Temperature: 59 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: HRL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870220003619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870220003619A), Feb 20, 1987: Cessna 175, La Onion Morale, Mexico, Destroyed, 3 fatal. Departed on special VFR into IMC. For flight to Mexico. Contacted destination UNICOM. Reported was lost. Not found.

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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