Date: | Saturday 21 March 1970 |
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Type: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3A) |
Owner/operator: | Aircraft Charter Inc. |
Registration: | N163J |
MSN: | 19402 |
Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Melcor Ocampo -
Mexico
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Illegal Flight |
Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD) |
Destination airport: | Fresnillo |
Narrative:Crashed. The airplane was carrying bottles of mercury that were believed to be smuggled into the country.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | |
Report number: | FTW70DRA10 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
El Siglo de Torreon 23 March 1970, p1
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD); July 1965
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