Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 JAN 1947 |
| Time: | ca 09:00 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Mexicana |
| Registration: | 60-03 |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2607 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Puebla (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Puebla-Huejotsingo Airport (PBC/MMPB), Mexico |
| Oaxaca Airport (OAX/MMOX), Mexico |
Crashed following a failure of the no. 2 engine.
Sources:
» Scramble 290
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Puebla-Huejotsingo Airport to Oaxaca Airport as the crow flies is 295 km (184 miles).
Distance from Puebla-Huejotsingo Airport to Oaxaca Airport as the crow flies is 295 km (184 miles).
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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