| Date: | Saturday 24 December 1966 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-8-51 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronaves de México |
| Registration: | XA-NUS |
| MSN: | 45633/162 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 109 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lake Texcoco -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
Crash landed on the dry Texcoco Lake while approaching Mexico City.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón, 25-12-1966
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