- Date
- November 22, 1972
- Place
- Topia, Mexico · TOPIA,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8581PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0046 72/11/22 TOPIA,MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N8581P PX- 2 0 0 OTHER AGE 36, 904 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 41 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CALIF TOPIA,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- REPORTEDLY CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND.WX REP IFR OR LESS.ON MERCY FLGT TO MEXICO
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8581P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Z
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