Tuxtla Gutiérrez – Villahermosa – Veracruz – Mérida

On July 8, 2000 at 07:50 PM, Tuxtla Gutiérrez – Villahermosa – Veracruz – Mérida experienced a crash involving BAe Jetstream 31, operated by Aerocaribe - Aerovias Caribe, with the event recorded near Chulum Juárez Chiapas.

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

19 people were known to be on board, 19 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: 17, passenger fatalities: 17, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Tuxtla Gutiérrez Airport on a regular schedule flight to Mérida with intermediate stops in Villahermosa and Veracruz, carrying 17 passengers and two pilots. En route to Villahermosa-Carlos Rovirosa Pérez Airport, at an altitude of 16,000 feet and about 50 miles from the destination, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and deviated from the V3 Airway to the right for about 24 km. After he initiated the descent, the crew was instructed by ATC to report 25 DME. Shortly later, while descending in clouds, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near Chulum Juárez, about 80 km southeast of Villahermosa Airport. The wreckage was found at an altitude of 1,890 metres. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 19 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N912FJ, MSN 912, year of manufacture 1990.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 17.3328°, -92.5345°.