# NTSB UNK66X0165: Piper PA-30, N7800Y, Uruapan, Mexico, August 14, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 14, 1966
- Place: Uruapan, Mexico · URUAPAN, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 24, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK66X0165
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK66X0165

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0059  66/8/14  NR.URUAPAN MEX        PIPER PA-30         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 37, 1800
        TIME - 1240                    N7800Y              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7800Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7800Y-1967-12-18), registration cancelled 1967-12-18, S/N 30-879 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Registry model: [Piper PA-30](https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-30) (registry code 7103002) (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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