- Date
- December 17, 1972
- Place
- Mexicali, Mexico · MEXICALI,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1256TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 1, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0077 72/12/17 NR.MEXICALI,MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 300 TIME - UNK/NR N1256T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA,CALIF UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DATE PRESUMED. RECOVERY DATE 8/6/73. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1256T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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