Plane Crash List

Cessna 177 N3130T

23 February 1974 · Nogales, Mexico · Serious injuries

Summary

On 23 February 1974 at about 08:30 local time, a Cessna 177 registered N3130T was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Nogales, Mexico. 4 people were on board and 3 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 08:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Nogales, Mexico
Nearest airport
Nogales
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Cessna 177
Registration
N3130T
Category
Fixed-Wing
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Private Owner
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
Landing
Route
Tucson, Ariz → S
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Daylight
NTSB number
6-0010

People

3 people were seriously injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
4 0 3 1 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

ATMT TO LND ON DNHILL RWY.NO INST FROM TWR.INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION MEXICAN GOVT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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8 Jul 1974 Lockheed 1011
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no coordinates
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no coordinates
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