| Date: | Monday 27 July 1981 |
| Time: | 16:28 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroméxico |
| Registration: | XA-DEN |
| MSN: | 47621/729 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 66 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport (CUU) -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo Airport (MTY/MMMY) |
| Chihuahua-Gen Fierro Villalobos Airport (CUU/MMCU) |
The DC-9 landed 150 m to the right and 60 m after the runway threshold at Chihuahua Airport (CUU), Mexico. The aircraft bounced and struck the ground; the fuselage broke and the aircraft caught fire.
Weather at the time: tropical air mass, isolated cumulonimbus with strong squalls and showers.
Aeroméxico flight 230 originated in Monterrey (MTY) and was bound for Tijuana (TIJ) with en route stops at Chihuahua (CUU), and Hermosillo (HMO).
Sources:
El Informador 28 July 1981
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