Incident Overview
Date: Saturday 13 August 1966
Aircraft Type: Douglas DC-8-51
Owner/operator: Aeronaves de Mxico
Registration Number: XA-PEI
Location: 33 km from Acapulco –
ÿ Mexico
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Accident
A DC-8 aircraft crashed during a procedure turn while approaching Acapulco, likely due to careless and untimely descent during a turn.A DC-8 aircraft crashed during a procedure turn while approaching Acapulco, likely due to careless and untimely descent during a turn.
Description
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.”
Primary Cause
Careless and untimely descent in the course of a procedure turn which was continued below established minimum altitude.Careless and untimely descent in the course of a procedure turn which was continued below established minimum altitude.Share on:
