Mexico City – Minatitlán – Mérida

On January 11, 1937 at 10:30 AM, Mexico City – Minatitlán – Mérida experienced a crash involving Lockheed 10 Electra, operated by Mexicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Minatitlán Veracruz.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 9 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: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Crew started the descent to Minatitlán Airport in low visibility due to bad weather conditions. The twin engine aircraft hit a mountain slope near Playa Vincente, some 130 km west of Minatitlán. All nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-BEO, MSN 1007, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 17.9960°, -94.5279°.