- Date
- August 25, 1975
- Place
- Ensenada, Mexico · ENSENADA,BAJA,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5273KNavion B
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750825029889A
- Case key
- 151909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0050 75/8/25 ENSENADA,BAJA,MEX NAVION B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, UNK/NR TIME - 1505 N5273K PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MELING RANCH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ENSENADA,BAJA,MEX TIJUANA,MEX. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5273K
- Reported as
- Navion B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Meling Ranch
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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.
Other investigations on N5273K · 1
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