Runway excursion Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 N936ML,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323417

Date:	Friday 6 October 2000
Time:	16:55
Type:	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Owner/operator:	Aeroméxico
Registration:	N936ML
MSN:	47501/571
Year of manufacture:	1970
Total airframe hrs:	74277 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 88
Other fatalities:	4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Reynosa-Gen Lucio Blanco Airport (REX) - Mexico
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX)
Destination airport:	Reynosa-Gen. Lucio Blanco Airport (REX/MMRX)
Investigating agency:	SCT
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Aeroméxico Flight 250 departed Mexico City for an 85-minute flight to Reynosa. Landing at Reynosa, the aircraft was not able to stop before the runway end and overran. The DC-9 crashed through some houses and ended up in a ditch. The captain of the flight had more than 10,300 flight hours and numerous regular landings at the Reynosa airport since 1983, according to Aeromexico.
Weather reported around 17:00 at Reynosa included a temperature of 77F/25C; 1014 mB and westerly wind at 5 mph with haze. The area had been subject to heavy rainfall due to tropical storm 'Keith'.

Probable cause: "Long landing and contact, after a high approach with excessive speed as a result of a non-precision approach, on a waterlogged runway and in adverse weather conditions (discharge of CB's in the area), with the aircraft departing from the opposite runway threshold (113)".

Accident investigation: