Cessna 172 N73620

6 November 1976 · Baja, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 6 November 1976 at about 13:00 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N73620, operated by Rolling Hills, was involved in an accident during in flight near Baja, Mexico. 4 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: 6 November 1976 at 13:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Baja, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172
Registration: N73620
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Rolling Hills
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Mexicali, Mex → San Felipe, Mex
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0027

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	0	0	4

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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INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT 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 6-0027, 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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