ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 325590
| Date: | Monday 17 February 1992 |
| Time: | 04:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6A/B |
| Owner/operator: | Unknown |
| Registration: | N72522 |
| MSN: | 44697/598 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1955 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tlahualilo de Zaragoza, Durango -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Illegal Flight |
| Departure airport: | |
A Douglas DC-6, carrying false registration marks XB-JAF, was damaged beyond repair in an accident near Tlahualilo de Zaragoza, Durango, Mexico. A fire erupted and all four on board were killed. The airplane was heading to the north-east at the time of the accident.
The real identity was not reported by Mexican media. Reportedly DC-6 N72522 was lost in an accident in Mexico early 1992. Likely this was the airplane involved in the accident.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 19 February 1992, p1+2
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC); August 1982
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