Houston - Monterrey - Puerto Vallarta - Mexico City

On June 20, 1973 at 10:47 PM, Houston - Monterrey - Puerto Vallarta - Mexico City experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by AeroMéxico, with the event recorded near Puerto Vallarta Jalisco.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

27 people were known to be on board, 27 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 22, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew started the descent to Puerto Vallarta-Gustavo Diaz Ordaz Airport in limited visibility due to the night. Too low, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Las Minas located 32 km short of runway 04. The aircraft was destroyed and all 27 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-SOC, MSN 47100/153, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.6183°, -105.2313°.