3 fatalities

Fatal aircraft accident near Mérida-Rejon Airport (XA-LIW)

Mérida, MexicoTakeoff (climb)

On October 28, 1957, a Fairchild C-82 Packet (registration XA-LIW) operated by Transportes Aéreos Mexicanos - TAMSA was involved in an aviation accident near Mérida, Mexico during takeoff. 3 people were killed. This summary draws on records from the Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives (B3A); 3 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.

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Aircraft registered XA-LIW
Aircraft registered XA-LIW. Photo: Pete Macklin / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A local test flight ended in a fatal crash approximately five kilometers from Mérida-Rejon Airport, resulting in no survivors.

What happened

During a scheduled local test flight, an aircraft crashed shortly after departing from Mérida-Rejon Airport. The descent and subsequent impact occurred under circumstances that remain unidentified at this time. Following the loss of contact, search efforts located the wreckage roughly five kilometers away from the airfield.

There were three fatalities among the occupants of the plane. No survivors were reported from the scene of the accident.

Findings

The exact cause of the crash is currently unknown, as the specific sequence of events leading to the impact has not been determined by investigators.