| Date: | Friday 17 September 1999 |
| Time: | 15:56 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Fuerza Aérea Mexicana |
| Registration: | 3610 |
| MSN: | 3217 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 19 km E of Zempoala -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santa Lucía Air Base (NLU/MMSM) |
| Santa Lucía Air Base (NLU/MMSM) |
Crashed during maintenance test flight out of Santa Lucia Air Base. The airplane impacted the side of Cerro La Paila while flying in clouds at 2865 m.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreon 19 September 1999, p.20
El Siglo de Torreon 20 September 1999, p.3
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fairford-RAF Station (FFD); July 1989
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