De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter crash, Jan 15, 2002 (4 killed)
De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter accident on January 15, 2002 near Chilpancingo-Doctor Alfonso G. Alarcón, Guerrero, Mexico with 4 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: January 15, 2002
- Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter
- Location: Chilpancingo-Doctor Alfonso G. Alarcón, Guerrero, Mexico
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Under investigation. One account says touchdown speed was excessive, while a newspaper report mentions a tyre blowout. No official finding was found.
A Mexican government Twin Otter carrying federal agents to Chilpancingo landed on runway 15. It went off the right side of the runway, hit earth mounds and a concrete wall, and came to rest upside down. Four passengers were killed and about 14 occupants were injured. Accounts differ on the touchdown behaviour.