# NTSB UNK65X1355: Cessna 336, N3878U, Mexico City, Mexico, January 27, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1965
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico · MEXICO CITY, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 24, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179725
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1355
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1355

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0073  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3878U-1965-03-17), registration cancelled 1965-03-17, S/N 336-0178 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 336
- Registry model: [Cessna 336](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-336) (registry code 2075602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Mexico City

## Other investigations on N3878U (1)

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.

- [NTSB UNK65X1354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1354), Jan 27, 1965: Cessna 210 (N3878U), Mexico City, Mexico, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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