Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:21:19 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [63.150.227.63] (HELO admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b3) with ESMTP id 99315 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:18:50 -0400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [LML] Late report of another IV-P accident X-Original-Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:18:17 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <4B9B1B1833408C40AE2F14A881F276F602474D8D@admsmxs2usr10.ad.jocoks.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [LML] Late report of another IV-P accident Thread-Index: AcRH9Aw9xh02yCQmTDW6GISxD/GSDA== From: "Metcalfe, Lee, AIR" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Just spotted this on the NTSB Preliminary Report page... NTSB Identification: FTW04WA137 14 CFR Non-U.S., Non-Commercial Accident occurred Wednesday, April 07, 2004 in Novalato, Mexico Aircraft: Lancair IV-P, registration: XB-IPZ Injuries: 3 Fatal. This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. On April 7, 2004, at 1215 central daylight time, a Lancair IV-P single-engine amateur built airplane, Mexican registration XB-IPZ, was destroyed upon impact with terrain following a loss of control while maneuvering near Novalato, State of Sinaloa, in the Republic of Mexico. The flight instructor, the private pilot receiving instruction, and the mechanic acting as an interpreter, were fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot receiving qualification training. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the region and a visual flight rules (VFR) flight plan was filed for the local instructional flight. The pilot/owner of the airplane, who had purchased and exported the airplane on February 3, 2004, was a Mexican national, while the other 2 occupants were U.S. citizens. Local authorities reported that witnesses observed the airplane the airplane traveling southbound and subsequently the airplane entered a nose-low spiral until impact with the ground. A post-impact fire consumed the aircraft.=20 The accident investigation is under the control and jurisdiction of the Government of the Republic of Mexico. Further information may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) Direccion General de Aeronautical Civil (DGAC)=20 Providencia 807, Cuarto Piso Colonia del Valle, Codigo Postal 03100 Mexico, D.F. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from the DGAC of the Republic of Mexico.