Incident Overview
Date: Friday 2 January 1998
Aircraft Type: Learjet 24D
Owner/operator: Aerodinamo del Pacifico
Registration Number: XA-RRK
Location: 10 km NW of Tampico-Gen F Javier Mina Airport (TAM) –
ÿ Mexico
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8
Component Affected: Aircraft undercarriage and flapsAircraft undercarriage and flaps
Investigating Agency: SCTSCT
Category: Accident
An aircraft encountered a lagoon surface during night-time IMC conditions and suffered damage due to a failure to maintain instrument procedures, leading to an impact and destruction.An aircraft encountered a lagoon surface during night-time IMC conditions and suffered damage due to a failure to maintain instrument procedures, leading to an impact and destruction.
Description
The airplane was flying the 8 mile DME arc to intercept the localizer in night-time IMC conditions when the airplane contacted the surface of the water of a lagoon. The undercarriage and flaps were damaged as the aircraft continued forward onto the ground were it hit several objects. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact. Probable cause: “Failure to maintain instrument procedure (IFR), authorized for approach, abandoning instrument conditions and going to visual conditions (VFR), during an operation restricted by unfavourable meteorgical conditions.”
Primary Cause
Failure to maintain instrument procedure (IFR), authorized for approach, abandoning instrument conditions and going to visual conditions (VFR), during an operation restricted by unfavourable meteorgical conditions.Failure to maintain instrument procedure (IFR), authorized for approach, abandoning instrument conditions and going to visual conditions (VFR), during an operation restricted by unfavourable meteorgical conditions.Share on:
