Date:	Friday 9 July 1965
Time:
Type:	Bristol 175 Britannia 302
Owner/operator:	Aeronaves de México
Registration:	XA-MEC
MSN:	12918
Year of manufacture:	1957
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 82
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Tijuana Airport (TIJ) -   Mexico
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX)
Destination airport:	Tijuana-Rodriguez Airport (TIJ/MMTJ)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
When arriving to Tijuana after a flight from Mexico City, the flight crew noticed that the main landing gear of the Britannia was not properly locked. Although attempts were made, the gear wouldn't lock and an emergency landing was made. Fortunately the crew and the passengers were not injured, but the aircraft suffered damaged to the engines, prop blades, wings and fuselage.

Caballero Aguila, Historia de Aeromexico
Ramon Marin
El Tiempo 11 July 1965, p1
El Tiempo 10 July 1965, p3

Photo: Erle Stanley Gardner Collection/Temecula Valley Museum

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