- Date
- May 3, 1973
- Place
- Chihuahua Cty, Mexico · CHIHUAHUA CTY, Mexico
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N3105EPiper PA-31
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730503011949A
- Case key
- 189804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0083 73/5/3 NR.CHIHUAHUA CTY,MEX PIPER PA-31 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 24100 TIME - 0900 N3105E PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEMING,N MEX CHIHUAHUA CTY,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- L ENG FAILED ON ROTATION.FIRE AFTER IMPACT.INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.INVEST JURISDICTION MEXICAN GOVT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3105E
- Reported as
- Piper PA-31
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Strip
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.