| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1936 |
| Time: | 11:06 |
| Type: |  Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor |
| Owner/operator: | Mexicana de Aviación |
| Registration: | X-ABCO |
| MSN: | 5-AT-012 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1928 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | E of Amecameca de Juárez -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City-Central Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
| Guatemala City-La Aurora Airport (GUA/MGGT) |
Crashed and burned in a mountain pass between the Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl volcanos.
Ten tourists (eight German, one Austrian, one Hungarian) and four crew were on board.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
Vier Prinzen zu Schaumburg-Lippe und das parallele Unrechtssystem / Alexander vom Hofe (Chapter 4)
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