Piper PA-30 N7800Y

14 August 1966 · Uruapan Mex, Mexico · Fatal

Summary

On 14 August 1966 at about 12:40 local time, a Piper PA-30 registered N7800Y was involved in an accident during in flight near Uruapan Mex, Mexico. 4 people were on board and 4 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 August 1966 at 12:40
Classification: Accident
Location: Uruapan Mex, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-30
Registration: N7800Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0059

People

4 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	4	0	0	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.

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 6-0059, 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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13 Dec 1966	Piper PA-30 N7801Y	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	E.w.wiggins AI	No injuries	-
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18 Feb 1966	Boeing B-720B N784PA	Merida Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
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30 Jan 1966	Beechcraft 35 N1205Z	San Quintin Mex, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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23 Feb 1966	Cessna 180 N7720A	Llano Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
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