Cancún - Monterrey

On December 26, 1980 at 11:15 PM, Cancún - Monterrey experienced a crash involving BAe 125, operated by Servicios Aéreos Regiomontanos - SARSA, with the event recorded near Cancún Quintana Roo.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Following a night takeoff at Cancún Airport, the airplane descended into trees and crashed in a wooded area, about one km from the runway end. The aircraft was destroyed and all three crew members were killed. The crew was engaged in a positioning flight to Monterrey.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-CUZ, MSN 25279, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 21.1436°, -86.8612°.