Cessna 180 N5272D

20 February 1964 · Isla Mujeres Mex, Mexico · Fatal

Summary

On 20 February 1964 at about 15:00 local time, a Cessna 180 registered N5272D was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Isla Mujeres Mex, Mexico. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 February 1964 at 15:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Isla Mujeres Mex, Mexico
Nearest airport: Isla Mujeres
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 180
Registration: N5272D
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0014

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	0	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON TAKEOFF CAB REPORT

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 6-0014, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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17 Apr 1964	Beechraft F-35 N3371C	Sinaloa Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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21 Apr 1964	Cessna 210 N3809Y	Baja Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
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