Piper PA-32 N5252S

18 September 1972 · Mulege, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 18 September 1972 at about 14:30 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N5252S was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Mulege, Mexico. 5 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: 18 September 1972 at 14:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Mulege, Mexico
Nearest airport: Hotel Serenidad
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N5252S
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Mexicali, Mex → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0047

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
5	0	0	0	5

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 JURISDICTION OF 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 6-0047, 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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