Aeroméxico Flight 498
1986 mid-air aircraft collision and crash in Cerritos, California, US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aeroméxico Flight 498 was a scheduled commercial flight from Mexico City, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, United States, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, August 31, 1986, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight was clipped in the tail section by N4891F, a Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee owned by the Kramer family, and crashed into the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos, killing all 64 on the DC-9, all three on the Piper and an additional 15 people on the ground. Eight on the ground also sustained minor injuries.[3] Blame was assessed equally on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the pilot of the Cherokee. No fault was found with the DC-9 or the actions of its crew.
Accident | |
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Date | August 31, 1986 |
Summary | Mid-air collision |
Site | Cerritos, California, U.S. 33°52′05″N 118°02′44″W |
Total fatalities | 82 (including 15 on ground) |
Total injuries | 8 (on ground) |
Total survivors | 0 (on planes) |
First aircraft | |
XA-JED, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in May 1982 | |
Type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
Name | Hermosillo |
Operator | Aeroméxico |
IATA flight No. | AM498 |
Call sign | AEROMEXICO 498 |
Registration | XA-JED[1] |
Flight origin | Mexico City International Airport Mexico City, Mexico |
1st stopover | Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla International Airport Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico |
2nd stopover | Loreto International Airport Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico |
Last stopover | General Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
Destination | Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupants | 64 |
Passengers | 58 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 64 |
Survivors | 0 |
Second aircraft | |
A Piper PA-28-181 Archer, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
Type | Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee |
Operator | Private |
Registration | N4891F[2] |
Flight origin | Zamperini Field Torrance, California, U.S. |
Destination | Big Bear City Airport Big Bear Lake, California, U.S. |
Occupants | 3 |
Passengers | 2 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 3 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 15 |
Ground injuries | 8 |