Aeroméxico Flight 230
| Aeroméxico Flight 230 | |
|---|---|
 The crashed machine |
|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Missing the runway |
| place |
Chihuahua Airport , Mexico
|
| date | July 27, 1981 |
| Fatalities | 30th |
| Survivors | 36 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type |
 Douglas DC-9-32
|
| operator |
Aeroméxico
|
| Mark |
XA-DEN
|
| Surname | Yucatan |
| Departure airport |
Monterrey Airport , Mexico
|
| 1. Stopover |
Chihuahua Airport , Mexico
|
| 2. Stopover |
Hermosillo Airport , Mexico
|
| Destination airport |
Tijuana Airport , Mexico
|
| Passengers | 60 |
| crew | 6th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On the Aeroméxico flight 230 (flight number IATA : AM230 , ICAO : AMX230 , call sign: AERO MEXICO 230 ) failed on 27 July 1981, a Douglas DC-9-32 with the air vehicle registration XA-DEN of Aeroméxico , with a domestic scheduled flight from Monterrey to Tijuana with stops in Chihuahua and Hermosillo should be done when landing at the Chihuahua airport the runway. In the accident, 30 of the 66 people on board the machine died.
plane
The affected machine was a Douglas DC-9-32, which was finally assembled at the McDonnell Douglas plant in Long Beach , California . The aircraft had the factory number 47621, it was the 729th Douglas DC-9 from ongoing production. The machine was rolled out on April 8, 1974, and on May 21, 1974 the machine was delivered to Aeroméxico, where it went into operation with the aircraft registration XA-DEN and the name Yucatan . The twin narrow-body aircraft was equipped with two Turbojettriebwerken type Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 equipped.
Passengers and crew
The flight from Acapulco airport to airport Guadalajara had begun 60 passengers. There was a six-person crew on board the machine, consisting of a flight captain, a first officer and four flight attendants.
Flight plan
The flight should take off from Monterrey Airport and go first to Chihuahua Airport . After a stopover, the flight should continue to Hermosillo Airport before the plane should reach Tijuana Airport .
Weather
At the time of the accident, there was a tropical air mass around the airport with an isolated cumulonimbus cloud and strong gusts and showers.
the accident
After a routine flight from Monterrey to Chihuahua, the final approach was made during a storm. If visibility was poor, the captain set up the machine 60 meters behind the runway and 150 meters to the right of it. The machine jumped up on landing and broke apart, a fire broke out. Of the 66 occupants, 30 died, including 28 passengers and two crew members.
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- Accident report DC-9-32, XA-DEN in the Aviation Safety Network
- Operating history of the machine on planespotters.net
- Accident report DC-9-32, XA-DEN , B3A - Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives