ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322030
| Date: | Tuesday 9 January 2007 |
| Time: | 23:23 |
| Type: |  Learjet 24F |
| Owner/operator: | Ameristar Jet Charter |
| Registration: | N444TW |
| MSN: | 24-348 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1977 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 30 km E of Guadalajara-Miguel Hidal Airport (GDL) -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Laredo International Airport, TX (LRD/KLRD) |
| Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL/MMGL) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Ameristar flight 878 departed Laredo (LRD) at 22:10. At about 23:13, radar contact was established with Guadalajara Approach Control and the flight was cleared to descend from FL260 to FL240. About 10 seconds later the flight was cleared to descend to 12,000 feet, was provided an altimeter setting of 30.28 inches, and was told to expect radar vectors for the ILS 28 approach. At 23:18, the flight was given a right turn to a heading of 120 degrees. At 23:20:38, the flight was cleared to descend to 9,000 feet. The airplane was last observed on radar descending through 9,200 feet, when the airplane was crossing the GDL VOR 085 degree radial. The Learjet impacted terrain.
Sources:
Crashed jet refueled in Laredo (AP, 11-1-2007)
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