Crash of a Beechcraft C-45H Expeditor in Chihuahua: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 12, 1969 at 1030 LT
Registration:
XB-ROI
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Chihuahua - Chihuahua
MSN:
AF-859
YOM:
1954
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The aircraft was engaged in an aerial photography mission, carrying two pilots and five photographers/filmmaker. En route, the twin engine aircraft collided in unknown circumstances with a North American T-6 Texan carrying two pilots. Both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in the district of Comarca Lagunera, in Chihuahua. All nine occupants in both aircraft were killed.
