# NTSB LAX73OLO05: Piper PA-32, N5252S, Mulege, Mexico, September 18, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 18, 1972
- Place: Mulege, Mexico · MULEGE,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168703
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX73OLO05
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73OLO05

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5252S), registered now, S/N 32-40934, built 1970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-32
- Registry model: [Piper PA-32-300](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-32-300) (registry code 7103212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport:  Hotel Serenidad

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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