Piper PA-23 N4779P

20 March 1976 · Huascato, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 20 March 1976 at about 12:00 local time, a Piper PA-23 registered N4779P, operated by Del TEX Flyers, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Huascato, Mexico. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 20 March 1976 at 12:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Huascato, Mexico
Nearest airport: Private
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-23
Registration: N4779P
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Del TEX Flyers
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Mc Allen, Tx → S
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0006

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	0	2

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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INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

Where

Approximate

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20.4797, -102.2471
Approximate. The NTSB did not record coordinates, so this marker sits at the centre of Huascato, Mexico, not at the accident site. How this is worked out.

Source

NTSB record 6-0006, 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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21 Oct 1976	Piper PA-23 N424MC	San Carlos, Arizona, United States approximate position	Blair Enterpri	No injuries	-
3 Jun 1976	Piper PA-23 N6507Y	Hamilton, Montana, United States approximate position	Barry Larson &	Fatal	1
8 Feb 1976	Piper PA-23 N3340P	Hungerford, Texas, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-
6 Dec 1976	Piper PA-23 N4240P	Clewiston, Florida, United States approximate position	-	Fatal	5
26 Sep 1976	Piper PA-23 N777MF	Steamboat Spgs, Colorado, United States approximate position	Yegge Hall EVA	Fatal	6
8 Mar 1976	Piper PA-23 N2277P	Warwick, Rhode Island, United States approximate position	-	No injuries	-

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7 Aug 1976	Avions Mrcl FALCON N888AR	Acapulco, Mexico approximate position	Hansa Jet Corp	Fatal	3
2 Jul 1976	Piper PA-34 N1057U	San Luis, Mexico not on the map	Strand AVN Inc	Minor injuries	-
7 Aug 1976	Cessna 206 N1249V	Tamaulipas, Mexico not on the map	Texas Republic	No injuries	-

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