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Crash of a Bach 3-CT-6 Air Yacht in the Gulf of California: 7 killed

Date & Time: Dec 21, 1934 at 1400 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC850E
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Mazatlán – La Paz
MSN:
9
YOM:
1929
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane departed Mazatlán Airport at 1300LT on a schedule service to La Paz, Baja California, carrying five passengers and two crew members. Almost an hour into the flight, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the Gulf of California. As the airplane failed to arrive at destination, SAR operations were initiated but no trace of the aircraft nor the seven occupants was ever found.