Piper PA-28 N6692W

17 April 1968 · Tampico, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 17 April 1968 at about 17:20 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N6692W, operated by Coastal Air SE, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Tampico, 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: 17 April 1968 at 17:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Tampico, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-28
Registration: N6692W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Coastal Air SE
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0065

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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INVESTIGATED AND REPORTED BY THE GOVT OF MEXICO.

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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 6-0065, 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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