Boeing 727-200 crash, Mar 31, 1986 (167 killed), Mt San A...
Boeing 727-200 accident on March 31, 1986 near Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico with 167 fatalities. Cause: The left main gear brake overheated during...
- Date: March 31, 1986
- Aircraft: Boeing 727-200
- Location: Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico
- Fatalities: 167
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The left main gear brake overheated during the takeoff run and a tire burst; the tire had been inflated with air instead of nitrogen. The burst ruptured fuel and hydraulic lines and the resulting fire led to loss of control.
Mexicana de Aviacion Flight 940, a Boeing 727-264 (XA-MEM), was flying from Mexico City toward Los Angeles on 31 March 1986 when a left main gear tire burst at 31,000 feet. The resulting fire and damage led to an uncontrolled descent and the aircraft broke up on a mountain slope in Michoacan. All 167 people on board were killed.