Status: | |
Date: | Wednesday 14 September 1966 |
Type: | Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon |
Operator: | Unknown |
Registration: | XA-NIM ? |
MSN: | 15-1254 |
First flight: | 1945 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | 4 km (2.5 mls) SW of Acapulco Airport (ACA) ( Mexico)
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Phase: | Approach (APR) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA), Mexico |
Narrative:Crashed into Laguna de Tres Palos during a night-time approach to Acapulco Airport. WWII veteran pilot General Radamés Gaxiola Andrade, his copilot and all six passengers were killed.
The aircraft was reported as XB-NEM, a Lockheed twin by contemporary Mexican newspapers. The Lockheed Twins production list by P.J. Marsden does not list this registration. However, a similar registration (XA-NIM) belonged to another Lockheed twin (Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon). This registration was cancelled from the Mexican register in October 1969.
Sources:
» El Tiempo 16 September 1966, p1+11
» El Siglo de Torreón 16 September 1966, p1+7
» El Informador 16 September 1966, p1+3 /21 September 1966, p8A
» The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
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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.