ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324057
Date: | Friday 2 January 1998 |
Time: | 11:00 |
Type: | Learjet 24D |
Owner/operator: | Aerodinamo del Pacifico |
Registration: | XA-RRK |
MSN: | 24-307 |
Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
Total airframe hrs: | 8095 hours |
Engine model: | General Electric CJ610-6 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 10 km NW of Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM) -
Mexico
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Houston-William P. Hobby Airport, TX (HOU/KHOU) |
Destination airport: | Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM/MMTM) |
Investigating agency: | SCT |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane was flying the 8 mile DME arc to intercept the localizer in night-time IMC conditions when the airplane contacted the surface of the water of a lagoon. The undercarriage and flaps were damaged as the aircraft continued forward onto the ground were it hit several objects. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact.
Probable cause: "Failure to maintain instrument procedure (IFR), authorized for approach, abandoning instrument conditions and going to visual conditions (VFR), during an operation restricted by unfavourable meteorgical conditions."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | SCT |
Report number: | 002/98 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) aeroprints.com; Rantoul, KS; 30 April 2013; (CC:by-sa)
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