Rockwell Sabreliner 40 crash, Sep 9, 2004 (2 killed), Vil...
Rockwell Sabreliner 40 accident on September 9, 2004 near Villahermosa-Capitán Carlos Rovirosa Pérez, Tabasco, Mexico with 2 fatalities. Cause:...
- Date: September 9, 2004
- Aircraft: Rockwell Sabreliner 40
- Location: Villahermosa-Capitán Carlos Rovirosa Pérez, Tabasco, Mexico
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the crew descended below the minimum descent altitude in poor visibility during the second approach.
A Jett Paqueteria Sabreliner 40 cargo flight from Mexico City to Villahermosa was unable to find the runway in low cloud on its first approach and went around. On the second approach the crew descended below the minimum descent altitude and the aircraft struck terrain about 3 km short of runway 26 and burned. Both pilots were killed.