Mexico City - Guatemala City

On March 26, 1936 at 11:06 AM, Mexico City - Guatemala City experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by Mexicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Amecameca de Juárez México.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

14 people were known to be on board, 14 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The three engine aircraft left Mexico City Airport at 1030LT for a charter flight to Guatemala City with a crew of four and 10 German tourists on board. While flying in the region of Amecameca de Juárez, the crew attempted to make a tour over the Popocatépetl volcano and National Park. While turning at low speed, the aircraft stalled and crashed, killing all 14 occupants. Crew: J. Preciado Acosta, pilot, Adrian Borchers, engineer, Adolfo Limón, radio operator, Daniel Madrigal, steward. Passengers: Prince Adolf zu Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Ellen Elisabeth Schaumburg-Lippe, Baron Siegmund von Stieber, Mrs Dora Thein, Mrs Viktoria Thein, Baron Elmer von Roneczy, Adolf Franz Igler, Mrs Marie Margarethe Harder, Mrs Elisabeth Schroer, Mrs Lisebet Pust.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-BCB, MSN 5-AT-012, year of manufacture 12.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.1316°, -98.7681°.