Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 31 DEC 1968 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operator: | SAESA - Servicios Aéreos Especiales SA |
| Registration: | XA-SAE |
| C/n / msn: | 20554 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ciudad Vitoria (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport (REX/MMRX), Mexico |
| Tampico Airport (TAM/MMTM), Mexico |
Crashed into the mountains.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport to Tampico Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (257 miles).
Distance from Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport to Tampico Airport as the crow flies is 412 km (257 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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