Crash of a Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan near Villa Milpa Alta: 4 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1973
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BHB-1532
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Mexico City - Acapulco
MSN:
4944
YOM:
1943
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Mexico City-Benito Juarez Airport, while climbing, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located near Villa Milpa Alta, about 30 km south of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.