- Date
- September 30, 1980
- Place
- Magdelena, Mexico · MAGDELENA,MEXICO, MX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3542XPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800930067299A
- Case key
- 129049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0001 80/9/30 NR.MAGDELENA,MEXICO PIPER PA-31 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1415 N3542X PX- 1 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 34, 4800 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-I 1079 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAGDELENA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GUAYMAS,MEXICO TUCSON,AZ,USA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.ENGINE FIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3542X
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Magdelena
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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.