Accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) XA-SAE,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331659
 

Date:Tuesday 31 December 1968
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:SAESA - Servicios Aéreos Especiales SA
Registration: XA-SAE
MSN: 20554
Year of manufacture:1944
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:ca 76 km E of Ciudad Vitoria -   Mexico
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport (REX/MMRX)
Destination airport:Tampico Airport (TAM/MMTM)
Narrative:
Crashed into the mountains, in a canyon named Cañón del Diablo.

Sources:

El Siglo de Torreon; 3 Jan 1969

History of this aircraft

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