Date:	Thursday 30 July 1987
Time:	17:05
Type:	Boeing C-97G Stratofreighter
Owner/operator:	Belize Air International
Registration:	HI-481
MSN:	16687
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 12
Other fatalities:	44
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Mexico City -   Mexico
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX)
Destination airport:	Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
The aircraft, carrying horses to Miami took off in an overloaded condition. Cargo shifted on climbout and the aircraft collided with a high ground before crashing onto the busy Mexico City-Toluca highway.

Aviation Letter 250
Aviation Letter 249
ICAO Adrep Summary 5/89 (#1)

photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); September 1986

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