| Date: | Sunday 25 January 1970 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-2 |
| Owner/operator: | Comisión Federal de Electricidad - CFE |
| Registration: | XC-DOK |
| MSN: | 71 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1948 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 20 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 6 km E of Poza Rica-Tajin Airport (PAZ) -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
| Poza Rica-Tajin Airport (PAZ/MMPA) |
Crashed into La Vega Hill. The aircraft carried journalists who were reporting on the Mexican presidential campaign.
Sources:
Toledo Blade - Jan 25, 1970
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