Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 FEB 1967 |
| Time: | 05:16 |
| Type: |  Antonov 12BP |
| Operator: | Cubana de Aviación |
| Registration: | CU-T827 |
| C/n / msn: | 401504 |
| First flight: | |
| Total airframe hrs: | 993 |
| Engines: | 4 Ivchenko AI-20M |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Mexico City (Mexico) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Havana-José Martí International Airport (HAV/MUHA), Cuba |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico |
Crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot error in that 1) He executed an IFR descent procedure other than that which was established for Mexico City International Airport; and 2) He discontinued IFR flight during the descent outside the area protected for VFR flight at that time of day and in the reported weather conditions, below the absolute minima established for descent." Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 107-AN/81 (235-241)
» Scramble 193(64)
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Map
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 Havana-José Martí International Airport to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 1760 km (1100 miles).
Distance from Havana-José Martí International Airport to Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport as the crow flies is 1760 km (1100 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.
