New York - Acapulco

On August 8, 1970 at 02:00 AM, New York - Acapulco experienced a crash involving Convair CV-990, operated by Modern Air Transport - MAT, with the event recorded near Acapulco Guerrero.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On final approach to Acapulco-General Juan N. Alvarez Airport by night, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane struck approach lights and crashed in flames short of runway. All eight crew members were rescued (a stewardess was found badly injured few hours later) and the aircraft was destroyed by a post crash fire.

Aircraft reference details include registration N5603, MSN 30-10-13, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 16.8659°, -99.9121°.