Narrative:USA Jet Flight 199 departed Detroit-Willow Run Airport, MI (YIP) on July 5 for Hamilton (YHM), Canada to pick up cargo. Automotive parts were loaded on board and the flight continued to Shreveport (SHV) where it arrived at 23:19 CDT. After clearing customs it took off again at 23:48 CDT, bound for Saltillo (SLW), Mexico.
The DC-9 crashed in an industrial area 800 m north of the airport. The airplane broke up and burned.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE
The Aviation Accident and Incident Investigation Directorate determines that the probable causes of the accident were the continuation of an unstable final approach without having the runway in sight and the consequent loss of control - at low altitude - in view of the imminent impact.
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS
- Weather conditions at the airport
- Unstabilized approach
- Fatigue
- Lack of experience of the co-pilot
- Failure to follow proper procedures
- Lack of operational procedures
- Not following proper Saltillo tower controller procedures
- Lack of supervision by the authority
- The coincidence of factors that individually would not represent a substantial increase in the risk of the operations, but that in this case were added, that is; late night flight, little experience of the co-pilot, omission of briefing by the captain, a single Jepessen for two pilots, DME #2 inoperative, captain command bars inoperative, DME arc, ILS/DME approach, omission of fog bank report and finally saturation in the communications with the Monterrey Control Center.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | DGCA Mexico |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 2 months | Accident number: | ACC 34/08 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Landing after unstabilized approach
Loss of control
Sources:
» Se desploma avión en Ramos Arizpe (Vanguardia 6-7-2008)
» SCT Comunicado de Prensa No. 123
» USA Jet Airlines press release
Photos
accident date:
06-07-2008type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F
registration: N199US
accident date:
06-07-2008type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F
registration: N199US
accident date:
06-07-2008type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F
registration: N199US
accident date:
06-07-2008type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F
registration: N199US
Aircraft history
18 OCT 1967 |
N8910 |
Continental Airlines |
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24 JUN 1972 |
N8910 |
Southern Airways |
leased
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07 JUN 1973 |
N9350 |
Hughes Airwest |
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01 OCT 1980 |
N9350 |
Republic Airlines |
airline merged
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14 SEP 1984 |
N9350 |
Purolator Courier |
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N567PC |
Purolator Courier |
new registration
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21 SEP 1987 |
N567PC |
Emery Worldwide Airlines |
airline merged
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01 JUL 1996 |
N199US |
USA Jet Airlines |
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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 Shreveport Regional Airport, LA to Saltillo-Plan de Guadalupe International Airport as the crow flies is 1025 km (641 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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.