De Havilland DHC-2 N3010F

14 May 1976 · Acapulco, Mexico · Fatal

Summary

On 14 May 1976 at about 09:30 local time, a De Havilland DHC-2 registered N3010F, operated by Drug Enfcmt AD, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Acapulco, Mexico. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 14 May 1976 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Acapulco, Mexico
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-2
Registration: N3010F
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Drug Enfcmt AD
Operating rule: Federal-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: All Other Public Flying
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 6-0019

People

3 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	3	0	0	0

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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INVEST UNDER JURISDICTION OF GOVT OF MEXICO.

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 6-0019, 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.

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