Boeing 720B N3156

4 August 1966 · Los Mochis Mex, Mexico · Serious injuries

Summary

On 4 August 1966 at about 14:10 local time, a Boeing 720B registered N3156, operated by Western Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Los Mochis Mex, Mexico. 98 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 4 August 1966 at 14:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Los Mochis Mex, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Boeing 720B
Registration: N3156
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Western Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 1-0025

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
98	0	1	1	96

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.

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INVESTIGATION UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE GOVTOF MEXICO.

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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 1-0025, 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 Boeing 720 41 1966 5,966

Other Boeing 720 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
2 Dec 1966	Boeing 720B N57205	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Continental Air Lines, Inc.	No injuries	-
19 Dec 1966	Boeing 720 N7226U	Cleveland Ohio, Ohio, United States no coordinates	United Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
30 Sep 1966	Boeing 720B N783PA	Kingston Jamaica, Other-Foreign Countries no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
31 Jul 1965	Boeing 720B N723US	Chicago Ill, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Northwest Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
2 Oct 1965	Boeing 720 N7532A	Jamaica Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	American Airlines, Inc.	No injuries	-
8 Dec 1967	Boeing 720 N3158	Denver, Colorado, United States no coordinates	Western Air Lines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-

All 41 records for this type

Other accidents in this area

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
18 Feb 1966	Boeing B-720B N784PA	Merida Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	Pan American World Airways, Inc.	No injuries	-
22 Jan 1966	Cessna 182 N3141U	Mulege Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
30 Jan 1966	Beechcraft 35 N1205Z	San Quintin Mex, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
5 Feb 1966	Piper PA-28 N8866J	San Felipe Mex, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 Feb 1966	Cessna 180 N7720A	Llano Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Feb 1966	Cessna 337 N2113X	Monterrey Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

All 939 records in Mexico