Plane Crash List

Piper PA-28 N5198L

31 July 1973 · Empalme, Mexico · Fatal

Summary

On 31 July 1973 at about 09:40 local time, a Piper PA-28 registered N5198L was involved in an accident during unknown/not reported near Empalme, Mexico. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 09:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Empalme, Mexico
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Piper PA-28
Registration
N5198L
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Route
Z → Z
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Light
Unknown/Not Reported
NTSB number
6-0034

People

1 person died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 1 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

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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