Incident Overview
Date: Thursday 31 October 2002
Aircraft Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Owner/operator: Aeromxico
Registration Number: XA-AMF
Location: Monterrey-Gen Mariano Escobedo Airport (MTY) –
ÿ Mexico
Phase of Flight: Landing
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 90
Component Affected: Nose gearNose gear
Category: Accident
An Aeromxico DC-9 experienced a near-miss landing due to a displaced runway threshold during a two-localizer approach to runway 29. The aircraft overran the runway after the second approach, resulting in a nose gear collapse.An Aeromxico DC-9 experienced a near-miss landing due to a displaced runway threshold during a two-localizer approach to runway 29. The aircraft overran the runway after the second approach, resulting in a nose gear collapse.
Description
Aeromxico flight 254 departed from Guadalajara at approximately 21:00. The flight performed two localizer approaches to runway 29. The first approach resulted in a missed approach. The DC-9 overran the runway after completion of the second approach, causing the nose gear to collapse. Local authorities reported that the landing threshold for runway 29 had been displaced 900 meters due to the construction of a taxiway, leaving 2,100 meters of usable runway.
Primary Cause
Displacement of the runway threshold by construction of a taxiway.Displacement of the runway threshold by construction of a taxiway.Share on:
