Narrative:
Crashed into the mountains, in a canyon named Cañón del Diablo.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 31 December 1968 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Operator: | SAESA - Servicios Aéreos Especiales SA |
| Registration: | XA-SAE |
| MSN: | 20554 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | ca 76 km E of Ciudad Vitoria ( Mexico)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport (REX/MMRX), Mexico |
| Tampico Airport (TAM/MMTM), Mexico |
Crashed into the mountains, in a canyon named Cañón del Diablo.
Sources:
» El Siglo de Torreon; 3 Jan 1969Photos
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Distance from Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport to Tampico Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (257 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport to Tampico Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (257 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.
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Douglas DC-3
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- 3934th loss
- 1559th fatal accident
- 68th worst accident (at the time)
- 90th worst accident (currently)
Mexico- 2nd worst accident (at the time)
- 9th worst accident (currently)
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