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| Date: | Wednesday 4 December 1940 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  North American NA-72 (ZT-6) |
| Owner/operator: | Aviação Militar |
| Registration: | 12 |
| MSN: | 72-3088 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tuxpan, VER -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brownsville, TX |
| Santiago de la Peña |
Brasilian airplane crashed into residential area 1,5 km from Santiago de la Peña. Six ship formation on ferry flight.
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 5 December 1940, p1+3/6 December 1940, p4
http://www.santafe.gov.ar/hemerotecadigital/diario/19060/?page=2
Correio da Manhã 31 July 1953, p6
Scramble
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Aug-2015 17:06 | TB | Added |
| 11-Aug-2016 19:49 | TB | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Aug-2016 20:20 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Oct-2016 13:40 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 02-Nov-2016 19:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 31-May-2018 15:54 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 28-Sep-2021 15:37 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 25-Jun-2023 17:48 | TB | Updated |
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