- Date
- July 17, 1970
- Place
- Caborca, Mexico · CABORCA,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8993NPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108172
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0037 70/7/17 NR.CABORCA,MEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 90 TOTAL TIME - UNK/NR N8993N PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FRESNO,CALIF YUMA,ARIZ THERMAL,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- RAN OUT OF FUEL. DITCHED NEAR MEXICAN COAST. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8993N
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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