- Date
- March 19, 1978
- Place
- Los Barriles, Mexico · LOS BARRILES, Mexico
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8772PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report April 4, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 141614
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0002 78/3/19 LOS BARRILES,MEX PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 526 TIME - 1800 N8772P PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 206 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALMAS DE CORTEZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MULEGE BAJA CAL,MEX LOS BARRILES,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8772P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palmas De Cortez
N8772PRegistration cancelled Dec 1, 2014 · Piper PA-24-260Airframe modelPiper PA-24-260Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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