# NTSB LAX64A0024: Lockheed 188A, N7142C, Los Mochis, Mexico, October 19, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: October 19, 1963
- Place: Los Mochis, Mexico · LOS MOCHIS, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 10 minor, 75 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 19, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 112647
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX64A0024
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX64A0024

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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1-0078  63/10/19 NR.LOS MOCHIS,MEX     LOCKHEED 188A       CR-  0  0  5  SCHED INTERNATL PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 0137                    N7142C              PX-  0  2 80                            40, 16500 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            750 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           TURBULENCE                                               IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        REMARKS- INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO. FLEW INTO CLOUD TOPS.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N7142C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LOCKHEED 188A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo prop
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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