Boeing 737-200 crash, May 10, 1999, Loma Bonita
Boeing 737-200 accident on May 10, 1999 near Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, Mexico with no fatalities. Cause: A wrong approach configuration caused the crew to...
- Date: May 10, 1999
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-200
- Location: Loma Bonita, Oaxaca, Mexico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A wrong approach configuration caused the crew to land too far down the runway, reducing the landing distance available.
A Mexican Air Force Boeing 737-200 on a local training flight at Loma Bonita landed too far down the runway and could not stop in the remaining distance. It overran, rolled about 100 metres and stopped, and a fire destroyed the aircraft within minutes. All six occupants escaped uninjured.