Cessna 172 N6648A

7 May 1974 · S.j.del Cabo, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 7 May 1974 at about 08:30 local time, a Cessna 172 registered N6648A, operated by Madras Flying, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near S.j.del Cabo, Mexico. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 May 1974 at 08:30
Classification: Accident
Location: S.j.del Cabo, Mexico
Nearest airport: Shark Factory
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Cessna 172
Registration: N6648A
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Madras Flying
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Bahia D.l.palmas, Mex → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0057

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

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 GOVTOF 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 6-0057, 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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