| Date: | unk. date 2001 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III |
| Owner/operator: | Westair de México |
| Registration: | XA-TKK |
| MSN: | AC-718 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1988 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 19349 hours |
| Cycles: | 26816 flights |
| Engine model: | Garrett TPE331 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | |
While taxiing at Mexico City Airport, the aircraft nose landing gear fell into an open storm drain, causing severe damage to the nose of the aircraft.
All forward skin panels and LH and RH front cargo doors were deformed.
Sources:
SalvageSale.com
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 April 1990 | N27220 | Skywest Airlines | 0 | Panoche, CA |  |
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| 23 April 1994 | N27220 | Skywest Airlines | 0 | Santa Monica, CA | |
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