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| Date: | Monday 14 May 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair T-29C (CV-240) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-3485 |
| MSN: | 439 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 9 km S of Villa Pedro Montoya -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brownsville AAF, TX (BRO/KBRO) |
A US Air Force Convair T-29C crashed in Mexican mountains (Cerro del Bramadero) while searching for a missing Texas pilot.
El Siglo de Torreón reported the plane being 'Convair bi-motor' with serial "N-3,348-5T". Likely 53-3485 was meant.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 17 May 1962, p1+11
Toledo Blade 17 May 1962, p1
El Litoral 17 May 1962
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