# NTSB LAX74OL051: Cessna 310, N3092D, Mazatlan, Mexico, December 26, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 26, 1973
- Place: Mazatlan, Mexico · MAZATLAN,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 5, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187337
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX74OL051
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74OL051

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0058  73/12/26 NR.MAZATLAN,MEX       CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 250
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N3092D              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED        UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED         UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        REMARKS- ACFT FOUND ABANDONED IN DRY LAKE BED.SOB,INJ PRESUMED.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3092D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3092D-1975-05-26), registration cancelled 1975-05-26, S/N 35292 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## 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 19731226042799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731226042799A), Dec 26, 1973: Cessna 310, Mazatlan, Substantial damage. Acft found abandoned in dry lake bed. Sob,inj presumed. Invest under jurisdiction of 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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