- Date
- January 26, 1975
- Place
- Vecora, Mexico · VECORA,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N4659ACessna 180
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750126012729A
- Case key
- 148691
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0015 75/1/26 VECORA,MEX CESSNA 180 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 65, 30000 TIME - 1130 N4659A PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VECORA,MEX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4659A
- Reported as
- Cessna 180
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4659ARegistration cancelled Jul 15, 1975 · Cessna 180Airframe modelCessna 180Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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