Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
Status:
Date:17 APR 1959
Type:Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando
Operator:Tigres Voladores
Registration: XA-MIS
C/n / msn: 22586
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Total:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Airplane damage: Written off
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Puerto Kino (Mexico)
Phase: Unknown (UNK)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Mexicali Airport (MXL/MMML), Mexico
Destination airport:Guaymas-Gen Jose M Yanez Airport (GYM/MMGM), Mexico
Narrative:
The Curtiss Commando plane crashed after a believed on-board explosion.


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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 Mexicali Airport to Guaymas-Gen Jose M Yanez Airport as the crow flies is 659 km (412 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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