Douglas DC-9 crash, Oct 31, 2002, Monterrey-General Maria...
Douglas DC-9 accident on October 31, 2002 near Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico with no fatalities. Cause: Wrong approach...
- Date: October 31, 2002
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Wrong approach configuration led to a landing too far down a wet runway with a shortened landing distance at night.
An Aeromexico DC-9-32 on a Guadalajara to Monterrey service landed at night in heavy rain. The runway threshold was displaced for construction, and the crew had set up the approach wrongly. The jet touched down too far along the wet runway, overran, lost its undercarriage and had its right wing partly torn off. Eleven passengers were injured and the rest were unhurt.