Piper PA-23 N6648Y

27 January 1972 · Gulf of Mex, Other-International Waters · Fatal

Summary

On 27 January 1972 at about 11:00 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N6648Y was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Gulf of Mex, Other-International Waters. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 27 January 1972 at 11:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Gulf of Mex, Other-International Waters
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N6648Y
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
Route: Mereda, Mex → Matamoros, Mex
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0412

People

2 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	2	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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RPRTD TO HAVE CRASHED IN 100FT OF WTR.DMG & INJ INDEX PRESUMED.

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 3-0412, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
24 Oct 1972	Boeing 707 N423PA	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
3 Jan 1973	Bell 47J-2 N73968	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Continental OI	Minor injuries	-
28 Jul 1973	Bell 206 N8162J	Dhahran, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	No injuries	-
15 Sep 1973	Bell 206B N83157	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Minor injuries	-
9 Jun 1971	Bell 206A N6217N	Gulf of Mexico, Other-International Waters no coordinates	Petroleum Heli	Serious injuries	-
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All 35 records in Other-International Waters