ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331186
| Date: | Saturday 21 March 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3A) |
| Owner/operator: | Aircraft Charter Inc. |
| Registration: | N163J |
| MSN: | 19402 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Melcor Ocampo -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD) |
| Fresnillo |
Crashed. The airplane was carrying bottles of mercury that were believed to be smuggled into the country.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
El Siglo de Torreon 23 March 1970, p1
NTSB
Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD); July 1965
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