- Date
- February 17, 1968
- Place
- Mecayapan, Mexico · MECAYAPAN,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6863ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111599
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0040 68/2/17 MECAYAPAN,MEX PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, TIME - 0830 N6863Z PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER REMARKS- HIT LOG. INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6863Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6863ZRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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Other investigations on N6863Z · 1
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