- Date
- July 7, 1973
- Place
- Tiburon, Mexico · TIBURON,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4801TPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730707020999A
- Case key
- 188785
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0026 73/7/7 TIBURON,MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 90 TOTAL TIME - 1500 N4801T PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HERMOSILLO,MEX ISLAS PATOS,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER REMARKS- SANK IN OCEAN. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4801T
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.