Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 08 JUL 2000 |
| Time: | ca 19:50 |
| Type: | British Aerospace 3201 Jetstream 32EP |
| Operator: | Aerocaribe |
| Registration: | N912FJ |
| C/n / msn: | 912 |
| First flight: | 1990-10-23 (9 years 9 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8700 |
| Cycles: | 10300 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Chulum Juarez (Mexico)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Tuxtla Gutiérrez Airport (TGZ/MMTG), Mexico |
| Villahermosa-Capitan Carlos Perez Airport (VSA/MMVA), Mexico | |
| Flightnumber: | 7831 |
The aircraft was operating on a flight from Tuxtla Gutiérrez to Villahermosa when the pilot maneuvered around severe weather near Chulum Juarez. It then crashed in a mountainous area.
Sources:
» EFE
» Tommy Maurer
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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 Tuxtla Gutiérrez Airport to Villahermosa-Capitan Carlos Perez Airport as the crow flies is 147 km (92 miles).
Distance from Tuxtla Gutiérrez Airport to Villahermosa-Capitan Carlos Perez Airport as the crow flies is 147 km (92 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.
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