# NTSB LAX73OL006: Piper PA-24, N8581P, Topia, Mexico, November 22, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: November 22, 1972
- Place: Topia, Mexico · TOPIA,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 27, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169733
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX73OL006
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73OL006

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8581P-1973-06-25), registration cancelled 1973-06-25, S/N 24-4038 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24
- Registry model: [Piper PA-24-260](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (registry code 7102406) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport:                 Z

## Other investigations on N8581P (2)

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.

- [NTSB DEN67D0124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN67D0124), Oct 15, 1966: Piper PA-24 (N8581P), Willard, NM, substantial damage
- [NTSB FTW66F0602](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW66F0602), Mar 27, 1966: Piper PA-24 (N8581P), Amarillo, TX, substantial damage

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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