Guadalajara – Monterrey

On October 31, 2002 at 10:15 PM, Guadalajara – Monterrey experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-9, operated by AeroMéxico, with the event recorded near Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo Nuevo León.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

90 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 90 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 86, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The approach and landing at Monterrey-General Mariano Escobido Airport were completed by night and poor weather conditions with limited visibility due to heavy rain falls and mist. At the time of the accident, runway 29 threshold was displaced by 900 metres, reducing the landing distance available from 3,000 metres to 2,100 metres due to construction works. Following a wrong approach configuration, the aircraft landed too far down a wet runway and was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran, lost its undercarriage and came to rest 60 metres further with the right partially torn off. 11 passengers were injured while 79 other occupants were unhurt.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-AMF, MSN 48130, year of manufacture 1980.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.7910°, -100.3054°.