Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 02 JAN 1998 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: | Learjet 24D |
| Operator: | Aerodinamo del Pacifico |
| Registration: | XA-RRK |
| C/n / msn: | 24-307 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 9,4 km (5.9 mls) from Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM) (Mexico)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU/KHOU), United States of America |
| Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM/MMTM), Mexico |
The airplane was flying the 8 mile DME arc to intercept the localizer in night-time IMC conditions when the airplane impacted the ground.
Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX to Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport as the crow flies is 852 km (532 miles).
Distance from Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX to Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport as the crow flies is 852 km (532 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.
