Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 AUG 1949 |
| Type: | Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor |
| Operator: | Lineas Aéreas Guerrero Oaxaca (LAGOSA) |
| Registration: | XA-GIJ |
| C/n / msn: | 5-AT-75 |
| First flight: | 1929-08-23 (19 years 12 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Putla (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Putla Airport, Mexico |
| ? |
Port tire failed on takeoff with a cargo of coffee. The Tri-Motor suffered a runway excursion and came to rest in a bank. Damaged beyond repair.
Events:
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium
» The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
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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.
