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| Date: | Friday 12 August 1938 |
| Time: | noon |
| Type: |  Lockheed 10E Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Mexicana de Aviación |
| Registration: | XA-BAS |
| MSN: | 1043 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tuxtlas Volcano, VER -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Villahermosa (11:25) |
| Mexico-City | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed into Sierra de San Martín after engine failure. Last radio contact 12:05 at Puerto México. Three crew and eight passengers. As "XA-BES" in newspaper reports.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 16 August 1938, p1+2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Apr-2010 11:46 | TB | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2014 20:12 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Aug-2015 08:54 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 07-Feb-2018 22:59 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Apr-2018 19:12 | TB | Updated [Location, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Nov-2021 19:29 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
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