Piper PA-32 N55571

22 May 1976 · Cabo Sn Lucas, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 22 May 1976 at about 15:45 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N55571, operated by Gryphon AV SVC, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Cabo Sn Lucas, Mexico. 6 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: 22 May 1976 at 15:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Cabo Sn Lucas, Mexico
Nearest airport: Hotel Cabo Sn Luc
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N55571
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Gryphon AV SVC
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Serenidad, Mex → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0011

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	0	0	0	6

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 6-0011, 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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