Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 JUN 1967 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3A-197D |
| Operator: | Aeronaves de México |
| Registration: | XA-FUW |
| C/n / msn: | 3260 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near La Paz (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | La Paz-Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP/MMLP), Mexico |
| Mazatlán-Gen. Rafael Buelna Airport (MZT/MMMZ), Mexico |
Crashed into a residential area while trying to return to the airport following an engine failure.
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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 La Paz-Manuel Márquez de León International Airport to Mazatlán-Gen. Rafael Buelna Airport as the crow flies is 427 km (267 miles).
Distance from La Paz-Manuel Márquez de León International Airport to Mazatlán-Gen. Rafael Buelna Airport as the crow flies is 427 km (267 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.
