Tapachula – Mexico City

On August 11, 1945 at 04:00 PM, Tapachula – Mexico City experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-2, operated by Mexicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Mt Iztaccíhuatl Puebla.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 16 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: 13, passenger fatalities: 13, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While flying over Puebla, the crew informed ATC of his position and confirmed his altitude at 15,000 feet. Few minutes later, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Iztaccíhuatl located east of the capital city. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 16 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-DOT, MSN 2075, year of manufacture 1939.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.9538°, -98.2453°.