Piper PA-32 N3693W

6 August 1971 · Navajoa, Mexico · Serious injuries

Summary

On 6 August 1971 at about 09:30 local time, a Piper PA-32 registered N3693W was involved in an accident during in flight near Navajoa, Mexico. 4 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 August 1971 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Navajoa, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-32
Registration: N3693W
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Hermosillo, Mex → Puerto Vallarta, Mex
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0026

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
4	0	2	0	2

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

LND ON NARROW DIRT ROAD. 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 6-0026, 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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