# NTSB LAX71FUA35: Cessna 182, N5341B, Tijuana, Mexico, November 14, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: November 14, 1970
- Place: Tijuana, Mexico · TIJUANA,BAJA,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Completed, report August 11, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159519
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX71FUA35
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX71FUA35

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0051  70/11/14 NR.TIJUANA,BAJA,MEX   CESSNA 182          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 60, 1959
        TIME - 1100                    N5341B              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 479 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MELING RANCH
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          FULLERTON,CALIF             SOCCORRO,MEX                TIJUANA,BAJA,MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        REMARKS- HIT SMALL HILL. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5341B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5341B-1971-03-19), registration cancelled 1971-03-19, S/N 33341, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182
- Registry model: [Cessna 182](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182) (registry code 2072702) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Meling Ranch

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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