AMX Accidentes DC-9

DC-9 was operated by AMX from 1967 until 2003

Period: 1967 to 2003

CFIT on APP at PVR

Jun 20, 1973

XA-SOC / DC-9-15 / AMX229
KIAH-MMPR-MMMX
At MMPR VOR Rwy04 Non Prec APP (no DME) while flying at +320 Kts (No limit speed below 10,000')
Flew farther than protection area on initial leg and crash into mountain when turning into final.

Runway over run at MMLO

Sep 2, 1976

XA-SOF / DC-9-15 / AMX152
MMMX-MMLO

Windshear on APP at CUU

Jul 27, 1981

XA-DEN / DC-9-32 / AMX230
MMMY-MMCU-MMHO-MMTJ
Airplane flew final leg of the approach to runway 36L.
Active thunderstorm in area with windshear conditions.
30 fatalities.

CFIT at Sierra de Guerrero

Nov 8, 1981

XA-DEO / DC-9-32 / AMX110
MMAA-MMGL
Crew experienced depressurization and started a rapid descent maneuver.
Emergency procedure steps were not correctly executed.
Speed-brakes not retracted created repeatedly stalling conditions.
Airplane crashed near ZIH at 6,000' in the "Sierra de Guerrero".

Midair crash overflying Cerritos, Ca. USA

Aug 31, 1986

XA-JED / DC-9-32 / AMX498
MMMX-MMGL-MMHO-MMTJ-KLAX
Aeroméxico flight 498 was a scheduled passenger flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles, with intermediate stops at Guadalajara, Loreto and Tijuana.
The DC-9, departed Tijuana and proceeded toward Los Angeles at FL100.

Just three minutes earlier Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee N4891F departed Torrance Airport, CA for a VFR flight to Big Bear, CA. Piper collided with AMX498 over Cerritos at an altitude of about 6560 feet.

Vehicle incursion/collision

Oct 21, 1992

XA-AMF / DC9-32 /
A motor grader collided with the left wing of the aircraft.
The motor grader coming from the left was not on the marked roadway nor in contact with the ATC.

MMMX Landing Tailstrike

Oct 15, 1997

XA-DEJ / DC9-32
Late ATC change of runway from 05R to 05L, created unstable approach conditions with increased descent path.
Airplane landed smoothly on runway but with a too high pitch condition.
Engines hit the floor and were damaged.

MMRX Runway over run

Oct 6, 2000

N936ML / DC9-31 / AMX250 / MEX-REX
During adverse weather conditions on a non-precision approach, a high approach with excessive speed and long landing on a waterlogged runway resulted on an overrun.

MMMY Runway over run

Oct 31, 2002

XA-AMF / DC9-32 / AMX254 / MMGL-MMMY
The DC-9 overran the runway after completion of a 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.