Date:	Wednesday 20 May 1981
Time:	16:00
Type:	Convair CV-440-11
Owner/operator:	Aero Léon
Registration:	XA-HEK
MSN:	327
Year of manufacture:	1956
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Pinarete Mountain -   Mexico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Puerto Escondido Airport (PXM/MMPS)
Destination airport:	Oaxaca Airport (OAX/MMOX)

Narrative:
The aircraft crashed into a mountain at 8867 feet. The cloud base was at 10000 feet.

El Informador 22 May 1981, p8A
Lakeland Ledger - May 22, 1981
El Informador 21 May 1981

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Fort Lauderdale International Airport, FL (FLL/KFLL); July 1980

photo (c) ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv; Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH/LSZH); 1958; (CC:by-nc-nd)

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