Kingston – Cozumel – Houston

On August 12, 1990 at 06:40 PM, Kingston – Cozumel – Houston experienced a crash involving Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander, operated by Aviex Jet, with the event recorded near Cozumel Quintana Roo.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) 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, 1 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 12.5%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a charter flight from Kingston, Jamaica, to Houston, Texas, with an intermediate stop in Cozumel, Quintana Roo, carrying six passengers and a crew of six. The approach to Cozumel Airport was initiated at dusk and under VFR mode when, on short final, the aircraft struck approach lights and crashed 503 meters short of runway 29 threshold. A pilot was killed while the second one was seriously injured. All six passengers escaped with minor injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration N301AJ, MSN 1121-048, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.4678°, -86.9747°.