Last updated: 3 December 2021
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| Date: | Sunday 31 August 1952 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Transportes Aéreos Tampico - TAT |
| Registration: | XA-GER |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Tampico ( Mexico)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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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.
Sources:
» El Tiempo 2 September 1952, p5» El Siglo de Torreon 1 September 1952, p3
» L'Unitá 2 September 1952
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
