Status: | |
Date: | Friday 20 April 1979 |
Time: | 19:05 |
Type: | Howard 250 |
Operator: | South Central Aviation |
Registration: | N48RM |
MSN: | 18-2282 |
First flight: | 1942 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Tampico Airport (TAM) ( Mexico)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Belize City (unknown airport), Belize |
Destination airport: | Tampico Airport (TAM/MMTM), Mexico |
Narrative:A Howard 250 airplane, a converted Lockheed 18 Lodestar, was destroyed when it crashed shortly before landing at Tampico Airport (TAM), Mexico. This was a planned stop en route from Belize City to
McAllen-Miller International Airport, TX (MFE).
The airplane was carrying a load of cigarettes.
Sources:
» El Siglo de Torreon 21 April 1979, p13
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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.