Mérida – Mexico City

On April 15, 1957 at 07:53 AM, Mérida – Mexico City experienced a crash involving Consolidated B-24 Liberator, operated by Transportes Aéreos Mexicanos - TAMSA, with the event recorded near Mérida Yucatán.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 133.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is other causes. After takeoff from runway 10, while climbing to an altitude of 300 feet, the pilot made a turn to the left heading 65° then continued climbing for about 400 to 600 feet when control was lost. The airplane stalled and crashed in a huge explosion in the Calle 54 Sur Street, about two km north of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all three occupants were killed, among them the Mexican Actor and Singer Pedro Infante who was acting pilot on this flight. A kid on the ground was also killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-KUN.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.9657°, -89.6311°.