- Date
- September 10, 1973
- Place
- Buena Vista, Mexico · BUENA VISTA, Mexico
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8761WPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730910043059A
- Case key
- 187748
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0044 73/9/10 BUENA VISTA,MEX PIPER PA-28 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 241 TIME - 0830 N8761W PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 33 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RANCHO BUENA VIST DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUENA VISTA,MEX POMONA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON TAXI: OTHER REMARKS- PLT PROPPED ENG,WAS HIT BY PROP.ACFT RAN INTO FENCE.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8761W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rancho Buena Vist
N8761WRegistered now · Piper PA-28-235Airframe modelPiper PA-28-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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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.