| Date: | Thursday 15 March 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair VT-29B (CV-240) |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Cozumel |
| Registration: | XA-JOV |
| MSN: | 261 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1952 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cancún Airport (CUN) -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN) |
| Cozumel Airport (CZM/MMCZ) |
The airplane experience a left hand engine failure immediately after takeoff. The airplane crash-landed in a swamp. One of the passengers died of a heart attack while moving through the swamp.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
Location
Images:
photo (c) L. Nolle; near Cancun Airport (CUN); 15 March 1984
photo (c) L. Nolle; near Cancun Airport (CUN); 15 March 1984
photo (c) L. Nolle; near Cancun Airport (CUN); 15 March 1984
photo (c) L. Nolle; near Cancun Airport (CUN); 15 March 1984
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