Piper PA-34 N9AZ

23 October 1976 · Santa Clara, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 23 October 1976 at about 20:00 local time, a Piper PA-34 registered N9AZ, operated by Williams Aviat, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Santa Clara, Mexico. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 October 1976 at 20:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Clara, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Piper PA-34
Registration: N9AZ
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Williams Aviat
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Long Beach, Ca → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 6-0028

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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 JURISDICTION OF GOVT 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 6-0028, 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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