ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3) N258M Palaú de Abajo
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Date:Thursday 2 April 1981
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-30-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Skytrain Air
Registration: N258M
MSN: 9555
First flight: 1943
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:4 km (2.5 mls) from Palaú de Abajo (   Mexico)
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Illegal Flight
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A C-47 transport plane operating on an illegal flight to a landing strip near Llano Jarero, Mexico, crashed between the villages of Cardel and Actopan.

Sources:
» El Siglo de Torreon 4 April 1981, p3


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