Boeing 737-500 crash, Sep 16, 1998, Guadalajara-Miguel Hi...
Boeing 737-500 accident on September 16, 1998 near Guadalajara-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Jalisco, Mexico with no fatalities. Cause: Not determined in...
- Date: September 16, 1998
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-500
- Location: Guadalajara-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Jalisco, Mexico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined in the sources reviewed; loss of directional control after touchdown occurred in gusty crosswind and thunderstorm wind conditions.
Continental Airlines flight CO475, a Boeing 737-500 from Houston, was substantially damaged on landing at Guadalajara at night during thunderstorm activity. After touchdown the aircraft drifted left, the left main gear left the runway, and the nose gear later collapsed. No one aboard was injured.