- Date
- January 27, 1965
- Place
- Mexico City, Mexico · MEXICO CITY, Mexico
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3878UCessna 336
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179725
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0073 65/1/27 MEXICO CITY MEX CESSNA 336 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1045 N3878U PX- 3 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEXICO CITY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3878U
- Reported as
- Cessna 336
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mexico City
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