Country
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Durango

Crash of a Stinson SM-2 in Tayoltita: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1940 at 0900 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
XB-ABN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Tayoltita – Mazatlán
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Tayoltita Airport on a cargo flight to Mazatlán, the single engine airplane crashed on the slope of a mountain. All three occupants were killed.

Crash of a Bach 3-CTS Air Yacht near Durango: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 13, 1939 at 1015 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
XB-AFH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Torreón – Mazatlán
MSN:
8
YOM:
1929
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route from Torreón to Mazatlán, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to fog when the aircraft impacted the slope of a mountain located in the Sierra de Durango, in the region of Durango. All three occupants were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Pedro Arzac Faría.
Passengers:
Mr. & Mrs. William Stephen Grooch.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.