# NTSB OAK69O0009: Beech 23, N5790V, Mexico City, Mexico, August 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1968
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico · MEXICO CITY, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 3 serious
- Status: Completed, report December 11, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 108110
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK69O0009
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK69O0009

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0024   68/8/8  NR.MEXICO CITY,MEX    BEECH 23            CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 360
        TIME - 1148                    N5790V              PX-  0  2  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATED,REPORTED BY GOVT OF MEXICO.SURROUNDED BY TERRAIN HE COULDNT CLEAR,PLT CRASH LANDED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5790V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5790V-1971-12-06), registration cancelled 1971-12-06, S/N M-970 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Registry model: [Beech A23A](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23a) (registry code 1151208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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