# NTSB LAX7500025: Cessna 180, N4659A, Vecora, Mexico, January 26, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 26, 1975
- Place: Vecora, Mexico · VECORA,MEX, MX
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 2, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 148691
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX7500025
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX7500025

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4659A-1975-07-15), registration cancelled 1975-07-15, S/N 32256, built 1956 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19750126012729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750126012729A), Jan 26, 1975: Cessna 180E, Vecora, Destroyed, 2 fatal. 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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