Piper PA-34 N4551T

14 June 1972 · Tijuana, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 14 June 1972 at about 12:00 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N4551T was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Tijuana, 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: 14 June 1972 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Tijuana, Mexico
Nearest airport: Tijuana Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-34
Registration: N4551T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Fullerton, Calif → Ensenada, Mex
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0025

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVTOF 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 6-0025, 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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