| Date: | Saturday 13 August 1966 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-8-51 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronaves de México |
| Registration: | XA-PEI |
| MSN: | 45652/176 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 33 km from Acapulco -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA) |
| Acapulco-Alvarez International Airport (ACA/MMAA) |
The DC-8 had arrived from a flight from New York and Mexico City at 00:12 and was serviced and refueled. The aircraft took off again for a training flight at 01:14. The plane crashed during a procedure turn while approaching Acapulco.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Careless and untimely descent in the course of a procedure turn which was continued below established minimum altitude."
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Images:
photo (c) J. Bongers, via Dietrich Eggert; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF); 04 April 1963
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