- Date
- September 18, 1972
- Place
- Mulege, Mexico · MULEGE,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5252SPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168703
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0047 72/9/18 MULEGE,MEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N5252S PX- 0 0 4 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 32, 2130 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 6 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HOTEL SERENIDAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEXICALI,MEX MULEGE,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5252S
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hotel Serenidad
N5252SRegistered now · Piper PA-32-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32-300Engine modelLycoming IO-540 series
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