ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334801
| Date: | Saturday 5 November 1955 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Mexican Government |
| Registration: | XC-ABW |
| MSN: | 19217 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Texcoco -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | SF |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
| Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA) |
Crashed following an engine failure. Among those killed was Cabinet Minister Carlos Lazo.
Apparently this aircraft was rebuilt in the United States as N1369N before being sold to the Brazilian Air Force as FAB2065.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreon 6 November 1955, p1+4
El Siglo de Torreon 7 November 1955, p15
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 65)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 September 1975 | 2065 | Força Aérea Brasileira - FAB | 0 | off Itaparica, BA |  |
w/o |
| Ditching | ||||||
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