ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2K9 XA-MAF Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Monday 27 April 2009
Time:18:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic B732 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 737-2K9
Operator:Magnicharters
Registration: XA-MAF
MSN: 22505/815
First flight: 1981-11-04 (27 years 6 months)
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A (HK3)
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 108
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 116
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL) (   Mexico)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN), Mexico
Destination airport:Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport (GDL/MMGL), Mexico
Flightnumber: 585
Narrative:
Magnicharters Flight 585 is a regular flight from Cancún (CUN) to Guadalajara (GDL). The crew selected the undercarriage down on finals to Guadalajara but did not get a down and locked indication. They performed a fly past so the tower controllers could establish the position of the landing gear. They confirmed that the undercarriage was not fully down and locked. The flight crew then decided to carry out a belly landing on runway 28.

Classification:
Gear-up landing
Forced landing on runway

Sources:
» Aterriza de panzazo Magnicharter en Guadalajara, no hay heridos graves (Milenio, 27-4-2009)


Photos

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accident date: 27-04-2009
type: Boeing 737-2K9
registration: XA-MAF
photo of Boeing-737-2K9-XA-MAF
accident date: 27-04-2009
type: Boeing 737-2K9
registration: XA-MAF
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accident date: 27-04-2009
type: Boeing 737-2K9
registration: PP-VNG
 

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 Cancún Airport to Guadalajara-Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport as the crow flies is 1699 km (1062 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.
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