ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327058
Date: | Wednesday 29 January 1986 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A-178 |
Owner/operator: | Aero California |
Registration: | XA-IOR |
MSN: | 1547 |
Year of manufacture: | 1936 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Las Lomitas -
Mexico
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Villa Constitucion Airport (VIB) |
Destination airport: | Los Mochis-Federal Airport (LMM/MMLM) |
Narrative:An instrument approach to Los Mochis runway 09 was flown despite the fact that the weather was below minima due to fog. The DC-3 went around and the crew elected to divert to Las Lomitas, a small airport nearby which was no longer being used for commercial flights.
The aircraft crashed in the hills near the airport.
Sources:
Lloyds List
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