- Date
- June 11, 1977
- Place
- Puertocitas, Mexico · PUERTOCITAS,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7040DPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770611013319A
- Case key
- 146526
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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 77/6/11 NR.PUERTOCITAS,MEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 888 TIME - UNK/NR N7040D PX- 0 1 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUERTOCITAS,MEX BAHIA DE L.A.,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN ROCKS AT BASE OF CLIFF. INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7040D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7040DRegistration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Piper PA-22-150Airframe modelPiper PA-22-150Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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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.