- Date
- May 26, 1973
- Place
- La Paz, Mexico · LA PAZ,BAJA, Mexico
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3852WPiper PA-32
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730526014639A
- Case key
- 189858
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0015 73/5/26 NR.LA PAZ,BAJA,MEX PIPER PA-32 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 622 TIME - 1720 N3852W PX- 0 0 5 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BAHIA DE LAS PALM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LA PAZ,BAJA,MEX UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3852W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bahia De Las Palm
N3852WRegistered now · Piper PA-32-260Airframe modelPiper PA-32-260Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.