- Date
- March 21, 1970
- Place
- Melcor Ocampo, Mexico · MELCOR OCAMPO, Mexico
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N163JDouglas DC-3A
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 131395
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0016 70/3/21 MELCOR OCAMPO,MEX DOUGLAS DC-3A CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, TIME - UNK/NR N163J PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-I UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAREDO,TEX FRESNILLO,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N163J
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-3A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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