Mexico City - Mexico City

The pilot was completing a local training flight out from Mexico City Airport. In unknown circumstances, the single engine airplane registered 11 and named Tabasco collided with a second DH.4B of the Mexican Air Force that was engaged in a same type of mission. Registered 13 and named Chiapas, the second aircraft was also carrying one pilot. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in the district of Jardín Balbuena, southwest of the airfield. Both aircraft were destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Flight / Schedule

Mexico City - Mexico City

Registration

11

Date

November 28, 1933 at 09:00 AM

Type

CRASH

Flight Type

Training

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

City

Crash Location

Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City

Region

Central America • Mexico

Crash Cause

Human factor

Narrative Report

On November 28, 1933 at 09:00 AM, Mexico City - Mexico City experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by Mexican Air Force - Fuerza Aérea Mexicana, with the event recorded near Mexico City-Benito Juarez Federal District of Mexico City.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a city crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot was completing a local training flight out from Mexico City Airport. In unknown circumstances, the single engine airplane registered 11 and named Tabasco collided with a second DH.4B of the Mexican Air Force that was engaged in a same type of mission. Registered 13 and named Chiapas, the second aircraft was also carrying one pilot. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in the district of Jardín Balbuena, southwest of the airfield. Both aircraft were destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 11.

Fatalities

Total

1

Crew

1

Passengers

0

Other

0

Crash Summary

The pilot was completing a local training flight out from Mexico City Airport. In unknown circumstances, the single engine airplane registered 11 and named Tabasco collided with a second DH.4B of the Mexican Air Force that was engaged in a same type of mission. Registered 13 and named Chiapas, the second aircraft was also carrying one pilot. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in the district of Jardín Balbuena, southwest of the airfield. Both aircraft were destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Cause: Human factor

Occupants & Outcome

Crew On Board

1

Passengers On Board

0

Estimated Survivors

0

Fatality Rate

100.0%

Known people on board: 1

Operational Details

Schedule / Flight

Mexico City - Mexico City

Flight Type

Training

Flight Phase

Flight

Crash Site

City

Region / Country

Central America • Mexico

Aircraft Details

Registration

11