# NTSB UNK64X0617: Cessna 180, N5272D, Isla Mujeres, Mexico, February 20, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 20, 1964
- Place: Isla Mujeres, Mexico · ISLA MUJERES, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 9, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184829
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X0617
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0617

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0014  64/2/20    ISLA MUJERES MEX    CESSNA 180          CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 2000
        TIME - 1500                    N5272D              PX-  1  0  0  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED      TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ISLA MUJERES
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5272D](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5272D-1965-05-22), registration cancelled 1965-05-22, S/N 50170 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Isla Mujeres

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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