Unfallbericht:
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."
accident date: 13-08-1966
type: Douglas DC-8-51
registration: XA-PEI
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Samstag 13 August 1966 |
| Zeit: | 02:15 |
| Flugzeugtyp: |  Douglas DC-8-51 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Aeronaves de México |
| Kennzeichen: | XA-PEI |
| Werknummer: | 45652/176 |
| Baujahr: | 1962 |
| Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | 33 km (20.6 Meilen) von Acapulco ( Mexiko)
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| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Ausbildungsflug |
| Flug von: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA), Mexiko |
| Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA), Mexiko |
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:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Careless and untimely descent in the course of a procedure turn which was continued below established minimum altitude."
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accident date: 13-08-1966
type: Douglas DC-8-51
registration: XA-PEI
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