Narrative:
The aircraft was ditched off Lerma, Mexico after the aircraft ran out of fuel. The destination and alternate airports were closed due to fog.
Fuel exhaustion
Ditching
» NTSB
accident date: 29-07-1965
type: Fairchild C-82A Packet
registration: N4834V
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 29 July 1965 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-82A Packet |
| Operator: | George Byron Alder |
| Registration: | N4834V |
| MSN: | 10103 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Lerma, Campeche ( Mexico)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
The aircraft was ditched off Lerma, Mexico after the aircraft ran out of fuel. The destination and alternate airports were closed due to fog.
Classification:
Fuel exhaustion
Ditching
Sources:
» Fairchild C-82 Packet: The Military and Civil History / Simon D. Beck» NTSB
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accident date: 29-07-1965
type: Fairchild C-82A Packet
registration: N4834V
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