Mexico City – Puebla – Mérida

On December 16, 1949 at 06:00 AM, Mexico City – Puebla – Mérida experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Mexicana de Aviación, with the event recorded near Orizaba Veracruz.

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

17 people were known to be on board, 17 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: 13, passenger fatalities: 13, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising by night, the crew did not realize he was flying too low and did not distinguish the mountain. At 0600LT, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of Cerro del Borrego located near Orizaba. All 17 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-DUK, MSN 11721, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.8727°, -97.1068°.