Lockheed 188A N7142C

19 October 1963 · Los Mochis, Mexico · Serious injuries

Summary

On 19 October 1963 at about 01:37 local time, a Lockheed 188A registered N7142C, operated by Western Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Los Mochis, Mexico. 87 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, 10 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 19 October 1963 at 01:37
Classification: Accident
Location: Los Mochis, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Lockheed 188A
Registration: N7142C
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Western Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Dark)
NTSB number: 1-0078

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
87	0	2	10	75

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

INVESTIGATION UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO. FLEW INTO CLOUD TOPS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0078, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

Also in

Mexico 939 Western Air Lines, Inc. 31 Lockheed 188 27 1963 78

Other Lockheed 188 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
15 May 1963	Lockheed 188A N5013K	Miami, Florida, United States no coordinates	National Airlines, Inc	No injuries	-
8 Jun 1963	Lockheed 188 N6134A	Chicago, Illinois, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
2 Jul 1963	Lockheed 188 N6126	Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
6 Aug 1962	Lockheed 188 N6102A	Knoxville, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	Minor injuries	-
14 Jan 1962	Lockheed 188 N5540	Birmingham, Alabama, United States no coordinates	Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
15 Sep 1966	Lockheed 188 N6111A	Montezuma Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-

All 27 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
17 Apr 1964	Beechraft F-35 N3371C	Sinaloa Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Apr 1964	Beechraft 35 N3925N	Baja Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
21 Apr 1964	Cessna 210 N3809Y	Baja Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
23 Apr 1964	Beechraft J-35 N7245B	Hermosillo Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 May 1964	Cessna 195 N2165C	Baja Calif Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
10 May 1964	Beechraft M-35 N9339Y	San Lucas Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

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