Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash, Aug 31, 1988 (20 killed)
Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante accident on August 31, 1988 near Arteaga, Michoacán, Mexico with 20 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into terrain, with...
- Date: August 31, 1988
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante
- Location: Arteaga, Michoacán, Mexico
- Fatalities: 20
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain, with the aircraft flying at an altitude too low for reasons that remain unexplained.
An Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante operated by Transporte Aereo Federal on a scheduled flight from Uruapan to Lazaro Cardenas flew into a mountainside in the Sierra Madre about 15 km from Arteaga in poor weather. The aircraft broke apart and all 20 occupants were killed.