# NTSB LAX74OL025: Cessna 175, N7059M, San L Gonzaga, Mexico, April 30, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 30, 1973
- Place: San L Gonzaga, Mexico · SAN L GONZAGA, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report October 30, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 189801
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX74OL025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74OL025

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
6-0038  73/4/30    SAN L GONZAGA,MEX   CESSNA 175          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 200
        TIME - 1500                    N7059M              PX-  2  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ALFONSIS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          MEXICALI,MEX                SAN L GONZAGA,MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7059M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7059M-1973-10-18), registration cancelled 1973-10-18, S/N 55359 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 175
- Registry model: [Cessna 175](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-175) (registry code 2072502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Alfonsis

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19730430027729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730430027729A), Apr 30, 1973: Cessna 175A, San L Gonzaga, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Investigation under the jurisdiction of the govt of Mexico.

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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