Aeroméxico Flight 230

Aeroméxico Flight 230 experienced a hard landing at Chihuahua International Airport on July 27, 1981. Thirty-two people were killed when the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 jet aircraft was heavily damaged by impact with the ground and fire on approach in high winds.

Aeroméxico Flight 230
Flight 230 in flames after running off the runway.
Runway overrun
Date27 July 1981
SummaryRunway excursion due to bad weather
SiteChihuahua International Airport, Chihuahua, Mexico
Aircraft
Aircraft typeMcDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
Aircraft nameYucatan
OperatorAeromexico
RegistrationXA-DEN
Flight originMonterey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport
DestinationChihuahua International Airport
Occupants66
Passengers60
Crew6
Fatalities32 (30 passengers, 2 crew)
Injuries34
Survivors34

Aircraft involved

The plane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, (Registration XA-DEN), was delivered to Aeromexico in May of 1974, and was named Yucatan. At the time of the crash, it was 7 years old.[1]

Accident sequence
XA-DEN, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1974 at Los Angeles International Airport

The flight was uneventful until landing at Chihuahua. There were isolated cumulonimbus clouds with strong squalls and showers during approach and landing. Upon touchdown, the aircraft bounced once and struck the ground; the aircraft then slid off the runway, broke up and caught on fire. Thirty-four passengers and crew were able to flee the wreckage; the smoke and fire caused the deaths of those that remained trapped.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "XA-DEN Aeromexico McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30".
  2. ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 XA-DEN Chihuahua Airport (CUU)
  3. "270781.htm". Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-04-07.

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