Torréon – Los Mochis

On February 25, 1959 at 04:24 PM, Torréon – Los Mochis experienced a crash involving Lockheed 5 Vega, operated by Private Mexican, with the event recorded near Los Mochis Sinaloa.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The crew was performing a cargo flight from Torréon to Los Mochis, carrying a load of three tons of shrimp according to various sources. While approaching Los Mochis Airport, the single engine airplane crashed in a field, injuring all three occupants. If the total weight of the cargo is confirmed to be three tons, this should remains a major issue as the Lockheed Vega MTOW certification is just above two tons.

Aircraft reference details include registration XB-BUT.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.7800°, -108.9974°.