Uruapan – Lázaro Cárdenas

On August 31, 1988 at 10:00 AM, Uruapan – Lázaro Cárdenas experienced a crash involving Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, operated by Transporte Aéreo Federal, with the event recorded near Arteaga Michoacán.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 18, passenger fatalities: 18, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Uruapan to Lázaro Cárdenas, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the twin engine airplane struck the slope of a mountain located about 15 km from Arteaga, in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 20 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XC-COX, MSN 110-192, year of manufacture 1978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.3476°, -102.2949°.