Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 JUL 1998 |
| Type: | Shorts SC.7 Skyvan 3-100 |
| Operator: | Fuerza Aérea Mexicana |
| Registration: | XC-UTQ |
| C/n / msn: | SH.1946 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Engines: | 2 Garrett TPE331-2-201A |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Pico de Orizaba (Mexico)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexico |
| ? |
Crashed into a volcano. The Air Force plane carried the dual registration TP-214.
Sources:
» Scramble 235, 237
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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.
