Cessna 310J N3055L

19 July 1974 · Mexico City, Mexico · Fatal

Summary

On 19 July 1974 at about 13:30 local time, a Cessna 310J registered N3055L was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Mexico City, Mexico. 6 people were on board. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 July 1974 at 13:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Nearest airport: Mexico City Intl
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 310J
Registration: N3055L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Brownsville, Tex
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0075

People

Injuries not recorded.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
6	0	0	0	6

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.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO.

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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 6-0075, 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
20 Jan 1974	Cessna 310 N4856B	Stroud, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
6 May 1974	Cessna 310N N4156Q	Pt Lay, Alaska, United States no coordinates	Alaska Air SER	No injuries	-
12 Apr 1974	Cessna 310B N5448A	Garfield, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Van H.foster	Fatal	1
12 Apr 1974	Cessna 310C N1755H	Lubbock, Texas, United States no coordinates	Thomas Tyler I	No injuries	-
18 Oct 1974	Cessna 310G N2906R	Albany, Georgia, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 Jul 1974	Cessna 310Q N1259G	Bedford, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Cessna Aircraf	Serious injuries	-

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Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
8 Jul 1974	Lockheed 1011 N324EA	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
21 Apr 1974	Piper PA-24 N6744P	Mexicali, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
26 Jan 1974	Beechcraft S35 N5838K	Lapesca, Mexico no coordinates	S-P Charters I	No injuries	-
9 Feb 1974	Breezy Tcd 11BR N11WT	Guerrero, Mexico no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
28 Feb 1974	Beechcraft V35A N827W	Padilla, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
18 Jan 1974	Cessna 310 N1059Q	Buena Vista, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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