Piper PA-23 N5173Y

31 March 1966 · San Luis Mex, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 31 March 1966 at about 20:20 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N5173Y was involved in an accident during in flight near San Luis Mex, Mexico. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 March 1966 at 20:20
Classification: Accident
Location: San Luis Mex, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N5173Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Business
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 6-0026

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.

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 6-0026, 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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