Douglas DC-9 crash, Oct 6, 2000 (4 killed), Reynosa-Gener...
Douglas DC-9 accident on October 6, 2000 near Reynosa-General Lucio Blanco, Tamaulipas, Mexico with 4 fatalities. Cause: A long landing after a high,...
- Date: October 6, 2000
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Reynosa-General Lucio Blanco, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A long landing after a high, fast, non-precision approach on a waterlogged runway in adverse weather, with the aircraft departing from the opposite threshold.
An Aeromexico DC-9 flying Flight 250 from Mexico City landed at Reynosa during heavy rain from the remnants of Tropical Storm Keith. The aircraft was high and fast on a non-precision approach, touched down long on a waterlogged runway, overran the end, and went down an embankment into a canal after striking houses. All occupants aboard survived, but four people on the ground were killed.