Piper PA-32 N8993N

17 July 1970 · Caborca, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 17 July 1970, a Piper PA-32 registered N8993N, operated by Lambe Piper SA, was involved in an accident during in flight near Caborca, Mexico. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 17 July 1970
Classification: Accident
Location: Caborca, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N8993N
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Lambe Piper SA
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Fresno, Calif → Yuma, Ariz
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0037

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL. DITCHED NEAR MEXICAN COAST. 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 6-0037, 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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