| Date: | Tuesday 27 January 1976 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-6A |
| Owner/operator: | Aerotécnicos Asociados de México |
| Registration: | XA-RIO |
| MSN: | 44908/691 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 25 km N of Cozumel Airport (CZM) -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Cozumel Airport (CZM/MMCZ) |
| Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
The DC-6 cargo plane crashed five minutes after take-off. The aircraft had arrived from Panama and offloaded its cargo at Cozumel. It was continuing empty to Mexico City.
Sources:
ABC (Madrid) 29 January 1976, p93
El Siglo de Torreón 29 January 1976, p10
El Tiempo 31 January 1976, p7A
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