Cessna 206 N2660X

1 March 1971 · Lagunitas, Mexico · Fatal

Summary

On 1 March 1971 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 206 registered N2660X was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Lagunitas, Mexico. 2 people were on board and one died, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 1 March 1971 at 13:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Lagunitas, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 206
Registration: N2660X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Z
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0017

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	1	0	1	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.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT 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 6-0017, 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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