- Date
- April 27, 1968
- Place
- Mexicali, Mexico · MEXICALI,MEX, MX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5270ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110659
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0067 68/4/27 MEXICALI,MEX PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 450 TIME - 1545 N5270Z PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY THE GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5270Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N5270ZRegistration cancelled Nov 29, 2019 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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