Date:	Tuesday 5 March 1940
Time:
Type:	Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
Owner/operator:	Mexicana de Aviación
Registration:	XA-BCW
MSN:	5-AT-045
Year of manufacture:	1929
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near San Martín Volcano, Veracruz -   Mexico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Mexico City-Central Airport (MEX/MMMX)
Destination airport:	Chetumal Airport (CTM/MMCM)

Narrative:
Crashed in a forest near the San Martín Volcano, Los Tuxtlas, between Veracruz and Minatitlan in bad weather.

The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
El Informador 6 March 1940

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