Villahermosa – Veracruz – Mexico City

On August 12, 1938 at 12:30 PM, Villahermosa – Veracruz – Mexico City experienced a crash involving Lockheed 10 Electra, operated by Mexicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near San Andrés Tuxtla Veracruz.

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

11 people were known to be on board, 11 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On the leg from Villahermosa to Veracruz, the crew informed ATC about his position. Shortly later, while cruising at an altitude of 11,000 feet in heavy rain, the twin engine aircraft hit a mountain and was destroyed by impact forces. All 11 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-BAS, MSN 1043, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.4364°, -95.2195°.