- Date
- April 14, 1975
- Place
- San Carlos, Mexico · SAN CARLOS, Mexico
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3300PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750414007559A
- Case key
- 149062
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0012 75/4/14 NR.SAN CARLOS,MEX PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 641 TIME - 1330 N3300P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 312 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUAYMAS,MEX SAN CARLOS,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- R ENG CAUGHT FIRE.LND IN DESERT.INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3300P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.