Matamoros – Mexico City

On November 4, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Matamoros – Mexico City experienced a crash involving Lockheed 5 Vega, operated by Corporación Aeronautica de Transportes, with the event recorded near Papantla Veracruz.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

4 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 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

En route from Matamoros to Mexico City and while overflying north of the State of Veracruz, the single engine aircraft hit the Cerro de Carbón located south of Papantla. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and all four occupants were killed. The aircraft was supposed to be registered XA-BHH but this registration was not taken up at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC46M, MSN 97, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.5713°, -97.1920°.