Date:	Sunday 31 August 1952
Time:
Type:	Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Transportes Aéreos Tampico - TAT
Registration:	XA-GER
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23
Other fatalities:	3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tampico -   Mexico
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The DC-3 passenger plane crashed on takeoff from an airfield near Tampico, Mexico. The airplane hit a truck and houses and caught fire. The occupants escaped unhurt but three persons on the ground were killed.
The airfield was not suitable for DC-3 operations.

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