# NTSB LAX72DUM20: Cessna 172B, N6920X, Baja, Mexico, October 24, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: October 24, 1971
- Place: Baja, Mexico · BAJA,CALIF,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 26, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164594
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72DUM20
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72DUM20

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0050  71/10/24   BAJA,CALIF,MEX      CESSNA 172B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 50, 197
        TIME - 1230                    N6920X              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 181 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BAHIA DE LOS AMGE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MULEGE,MEX                  SAN DIEGO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 LANDING: OTHER
        REMARKS- UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF MEX.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6920X](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6920X), registered now, S/N 17247820, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172B
- Registry model: [Cessna 172B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172b) (registry code 2072406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Bahia De Los Amge

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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