ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323716
Date: | Friday 9 July 1999 |
Time: | 04:30 |
Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-125-1A-522 |
Owner/operator: | Aero Jet Express |
Registration: | XA-TAL |
MSN: | 25064 |
Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Toluca Airport (TLC) -
Mexico
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Los Mochis-Federal Airport (LMM/MMLM) |
Destination airport: | Toluca Airport (TLC/MMTO) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The jet was on a flight to Toluca carrying cargo for DHL. Visibility was decreasing from two miles to one mile while on approach. The airplane impacted a 6 feet high wall, approx. 350 m short of the runway 15 threshold.
It was considered likely by the investigators that the crew descended below minima in order to obtain visual contact with the ground.
Probable cause: "Carelessness of the crew of the altitude of the aircraft, during its final approach, when trying to make visual contact with the runway, in a VMC approach, when the meteorological conditions (fog) imposed an instrument approach (IFR)".
Contributing factors:
- continuing a visual approach, when required to be by instruments.
- overconfidence of the crew in their experience and ability (pilot with 4669:35 hours total and co-pilot with 2502:45 hours total)
- low approach.
Sources:
ICAO Adrep
SCT Preliminary report
Location
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