Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
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| Date: | 13 AUG 1966 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-51 |
| Operator: | Aeronaves de México |
| Registration: | XA-PEI |
| C/n / msn: | 45652/176 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 33 km (20.6 mls) from Acapulco (Mexico)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA), Mexico |
| Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA), Mexico |
The DC-8 had arrived from a flight from New York and Mexico City at 00:12 and was serviced and refueled. The aircraft took off again for a training flight at 01:14. The plane crashed during a procedure turn while approaching Acapulco.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Careless and untimely descent in the course of a procedure turn which was continued below established minimum altitude." Sources:
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport to Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport to Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
