Incident Overview
Date: Wednesday 14 September 1966
Aircraft Type: Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
Owner/operator: Unknown
Registration Number: XA-NIM ?
Location: 4 km SW of Acapulco Airport (ACA) –
ÿ Mexico
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: The Lockheed Twin aircraft.The Lockheed Twin aircraft.
Category: Accident
A night-time approach to Acapulco Airport was marred by a catastrophic crash, resulting in the deaths of the pilot, copilot, and all six passengers of a Lockheed Twin by registration XB-NEM. The aircraft was reported as a Lockheed twin, but its registration is not found in Mexican records, and a similar registration (XA-NIM) was previously used but subsequently cancelled.A night-time approach to Acapulco Airport was marred by a catastrophic crash, resulting in the deaths of the pilot, copilot, and all six passengers of a Lockheed Twin by registration XB-NEM. The aircraft was reported as a Lockheed twin, but its registration is not found in Mexican records, and a similar registration (XA-NIM) was previously used but subsequently cancelled.
Description
Crashed into Laguna de Tres Palos during a night-time approach to Acapulco Airport. WWII veteran pilot General Radams Gaxiola Andrade, his copilot and all six passengers were killed. The aircraft was reported as XB-NEM, a Lockheed twin by contemporary Mexican newspapers. The Lockheed Twins production list by P.J. Marsden does not list this registration. However, a similar registration (XA-NIM) belonged to another Lockheed twin (Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon). This registration was cancelled from the Mexican register in October 1969.
Primary Cause
Aircraft malfunction during a nighttime approach to a critical airport.Aircraft malfunction during a nighttime approach to a critical airport.Share on:
