- Date
- February 6, 1971
- Place
- El Dorado, Mexico · EL DORADO, Mexico
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N121VCPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160324
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0034 71/2/6 EL DORADO,MEX PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 1700 TIME - 1530 N121VC PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BORREGO,CALIF CULICAN,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 2 ENGINES EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N121VC
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N121VCRegistration cancelled Jun 7, 2012 · Piper PA-31-310Airframe modelPiper PA-31-310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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