Cessna 177 N2340Y

1 December 1968 · Mulege, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 1 December 1968 at about 11:45 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N2340Y, operated by Cardinal Flyin, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Mulege, 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: 1 December 1968 at 11:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Mulege, Mexico
Nearest airport: Seridad
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 177
Registration: N2340Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Cardinal Flyin
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0055

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION 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 6-0055, 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.

Also in

Mexico 939 Cessna 177 1,744 1968 5,267

Other Cessna 177 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
26 Jul 1968	Cessna 177 N2356Y	Gulfport, Mississippi, United States no coordinates	Emrich Flying	No injuries	-
2 Sep 1968	Cessna 177 N2955X	Gravois Mills, Missouri, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
1 Jun 1968	Cessna 177 N3122T	Nederland, Texas, United States no coordinates	Golden Triangl	No injuries	-
15 Aug 1968	Cessna 177 N2958X	Crestview, Florida, United States no coordinates	Aero Sport Inc	No injuries	-
26 Oct 1968	Cessna 177 N3318T	Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Baker Aircraft	No injuries	-
6 Jul 1968	Cessna 177 N30040	Rushford, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	Holiday Aviati	No injuries	-

All 1,744 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
27 Jul 1968	Cessna 320B N9835L	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
31 Aug 1968	Cessna 182 N2499R	Baja Calif, Mexico no coordinates	Claire Walters	No injuries	-
24 Nov 1968	Beechcraft D35 N3700N	Navajoa, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
25 Feb 1968	Cessna 170 N4272V	Ensenada, Mexico no coordinates	Air Spacers In	No injuries	-
25 May 1968	Piper PA-28 N9269J	Mexicali, Mexico no coordinates	Air Trails Inc	No injuries	-
4 Feb 1968	Piper PA-28 N6984W	Reynosa, Mexico no coordinates	Upper Valley A	No injuries	-

All 939 records in Mexico