# NTSB LAX69O0156: Cessna 170, N4248V, Mexicali, Mexico, September 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 8, 1968
- Place: Mexicali, Mexico · MEXICALI,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 16, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107210
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69O0156
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69O0156

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0053   68/9/8    MEXICALI,MEX        CESSNA 170          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 45, 600
        TIME - 1730                    N4248V              PX-  2  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-NEGLIGENT AND RECKLESS FLYING.
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATED,REPORTED BY GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4248V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4248V-1970-09-01), registration cancelled 1970-09-01, S/N 18604 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 170
- Registry model: [Cessna 170](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-170) (registry code 2072302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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