Douglas DC-9 crash, Aug 31, 1986 (82 killed), Los Angeles
Douglas DC-9 accident on August 31, 1986 near Los Angeles, California, United States with 82 fatalities. Cause: The limitations of the air traffic...
- Date: August 31, 1986
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Fatalities: 82
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The limitations of the air traffic control system to provide collision protection, with contributing factors being the Piper's unauthorized entry into the Los Angeles terminal control area and the limits of see and avoid under those conditions.
Aeromexico Flight 498, a DC-9-32 flying from Tijuana to Los Angeles, collided over Cerritos, California, on 31 August 1986 with a Piper PA-28 Archer that had entered the Los Angeles terminal control area without authorization. Both aircraft crashed and burned, and people on the ground were also killed. The Piper was flying under visual flight rules and was not in radio contact with air traffic control.