Santa Lucía - Santa Lucía

On August 17, 1966 at 12:00 AM, Santa Lucía - Santa Lucía experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Mexican Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Mexicana, with the event recorded near Santa Lucía AFB México.

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

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Santa Lucía Airbase. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase in a limited visibility due to fog, the airplane collided with a Mexican Air Force North American T-28 Trojan registered 793. While the pilot of the Trojan was able to make an emergency landing, the C-47 went out of control and crashed, killing both pilots.

Aircraft reference details include registration 6006.