September 1949 Mexicana DC-3 crash
Douglas DC-3 similar to accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | September 26, 1949 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Popocatépetl |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3A |
| Operator | Mexicana de Aviacion |
| Registration | XA-DUH |
| Flight origin | Tuxtla Gutiérrez |
| 1st stopover | Ixtepec, Oaxaca |
| 2nd stopover | Oaxaca City |
| 3rd stopover | Tapachula |
| Destination | Mexico City |
| Occupants | 24 |
| Passengers | 21 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 24 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
The September, 1949 Mexicana DC-3 crash was an aviation accident on September 26, 1949, when a Mexicana de Aviacion Douglas DC-3 en route to Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico crashed into the Popocatépetl volcano, killing all 24 people on board. The aircraft, registered as XA-DUH, was flying from Tapachula on a route that originated in Tuxtla Gutiérrez with intermediate stops in Ixtepec and Oaxaca. The dead included actress Blanca Estela Pavón and senator Gabriel Ramos Millan. The DC-3's pilot was identified as Alfonso Reboul Lasscassies.
Notably, in December of the same year, another DC-3 of the same airline also had an accident; the second one killing all 17 people on board.