Plane crashes in Mexico

253 crashes in Mexico since 1980, with 1,045 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

Crashes: 253
Fatal crashes: 151
Fatalities: 1,045
First recorded: April 21, 1980
Most recent: August 28, 2026

Deadliest

March 31, 1986: Boeing 727-200, Mt San Andrés, Michoacán, Mexico (167 fatalities)
July 30, 1987: Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (65 fatalities)
July 27, 1981: Douglas DC-9, Chihuahua-General Roberto Fierro Villalobos, Chihuahua, Mexico (32 fatalities)
May 10, 1990: Fairchild F27, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico (24 fatalities)
May 21, 1981: Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, Mt Pinarete, Oaxaca, Mexico (24 fatalities)

Manufacturers

Aircraft

Years

1981 (9)
2003 (9)
2008 (9)
1989 (8)
1997 (8)
2006 (8)
2013 (8)
2022 (8)
1984 (7)
1988 (7)
1992 (7)
1993 (7)

All crashes (page 1 of 3)

August 28, 2026: UH-60M Black Hawk, El Salto Regional Training Centre, Pueblo Nuevo, Durango, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 15, 2025: Cessna 650 Citation III, Toluca, México, Mexico (10 fatalities)
November 17, 2025: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Villa Mendoza, Michoacán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
September 9, 2025: Casa C-295M, Mexico City-Felipe Ángeles, México, Mexico (0 fatalities)
June 6, 2025: Let L-410, Pavencul, Chiapas, Mexico (3 fatalities)
May 2, 2025: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Las Palomas, Baja California, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 10, 2025: Gulfstream GV, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 22, 2024: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, El Montoso, Jalisco, Mexico (7 fatalities)
March 28, 2024: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico (9 fatalities)
January 23, 2024: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Tepic-Amado Nervo, Nayarit, Mexico (4 fatalities)
January 5, 2024: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (4 fatalities)
November 1, 2023: Learjet 35, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico (4 fatalities)
October 4, 2023: Learjet 45, Xalapa-El Lencero, Veracruz, Mexico (0 fatalities)
August 9, 2023: Cessna 340, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
July 28, 2023: Cessna 650 Citation VII, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico (3 fatalities)
February 10, 2023: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Puente de Ixtla, Morelos, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 30, 2022: Canadair CL-600 Challenger, Venado, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (2 fatalities)
September 15, 2022: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
August 14, 2022: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, La Libertad, Campeche, Mexico (1 fatality)
July 13, 2022: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico (2 fatalities)
May 23, 2022: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Durango, Durango, Mexico (2 fatalities)
April 6, 2022: Cessna 340, Club Aéreo Nuevo Santa Rosa (Los Mochis), Sinaloa, Mexico (0 fatalities)
March 28, 2022: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico (3 fatalities)
February 13, 2022: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico (0 fatalities)
October 19, 2021: Cessna 401, Tapachula, Chiapas, Mexico (1 fatality)
July 18, 2021: Beechcraft 90 King Air, Durango, Durango, Mexico (1 fatality)
April 18, 2021: Learjet 25, Toluca, México, Mexico (0 fatalities)
March 27, 2021: Cessna 401, Hermosillo-General Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia, Sonora, Mexico (6 fatalities)
March 3, 2021: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, Sergio Butrón Casas, Quintana Roo, Mexico (0 fatalities)
February 21, 2021: Learjet 45, Xalapa-El Lencero, Veracruz, Mexico (6 fatalities)
January 19, 2021: Cessna 401, Comitán de Domínguez, Chiapas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
August 29, 2020: Dassault Falcon 20, Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 24, 2019: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Tastiota, Sonora, Mexico (2 fatalities)
October 23, 2019: Cessna 401, Las Juntas, Michoacán, Mexico (6 fatalities)
October 7, 2019: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Monterrey-Del Norte, Nuevo León, Mexico (0 fatalities)
May 5, 2019: Canadair CL-601 Challenger, La Rosita, Coahuila, Mexico (13 fatalities)
March 10, 2019: BAe 125, San Pedro de Peralta, Quintana Roo, Mexico (1 fatality)
February 7, 2019: Learjet 35, Toluca, México, Mexico (0 fatalities)
August 7, 2018: Dassault Falcon 20, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico (0 fatalities)
July 31, 2018: Embraer ERJ-190, Durango, Durango, Mexico (0 fatalities)
May 24, 2018: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
May 15, 2018: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Tuzantán, Chiapas, Mexico (3 fatalities)
December 21, 2017: Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico (0 fatalities)
September 13, 2017: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, San Vicente, Guerrero, Mexico (2 fatalities)
June 2, 2017: Swearingen SA227 Metro III, Tampico-General Francisco Javier Mina, Tamaulipas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
May 17, 2017: Learjet 25, Toluca, México, Mexico (2 fatalities)
February 15, 2017: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class), Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
November 29, 2016: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain, El Sacrificio, Campeche, Mexico (0 fatalities)
October 24, 2016: Dornier DO328Jet, Toluca, México, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 1, 2016: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Tayoltita, Durango, Mexico (3 fatalities)
January 30, 2016: Rockwell Sabreliner 75, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico (0 fatalities)
November 26, 2015: Boeing 737-300, Mexico City-Benito Juarez, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (0 fatalities)
November 16, 2015: Learjet 60, Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico (0 fatalities)
October 22, 2015: Learjet 31, Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, Mexico (4 fatalities)
August 27, 2015: Cessna 750 Citation X, Toluca, México, Mexico (0 fatalities)
June 2, 2015: Swearingen SA226 Metro II, Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico (5 fatalities)
May 21, 2015: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Monterrey-Del Norte, Nuevo León, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 24, 2015: Pilatus PC-12, Ciudad Acuña-El Bonito, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 19, 2014: Learjet 25, Champotón, Campeche, Mexico (2 fatalities)
November 14, 2014: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Conrado Castillo, Tamaulipas, Mexico (6 fatalities)
October 24, 2014: Cessna 208A Caravan, Laguna de Tres Palos, Guerrero, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 19, 2014: BAe 125, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (8 fatalities)
January 18, 2014: Douglas DC-9, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
November 18, 2013: Cessna 414 Chancellor, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (2 fatalities)
October 14, 2013: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico (14 fatalities)
August 22, 2013: Britten-Norman Islander, Purísima del Maguey, Zacatecas, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 30, 2013: Beechcraft 300 Super King Air, Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico (6 fatalities)
April 6, 2013: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, Morelia-General Francisco Mujica, Michoacán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
February 21, 2013: Pilatus PC-6 (Porter & Turbo Porter), Santa Lucía AFB, México, Mexico (2 fatalities)
January 17, 2013: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico (8 fatalities)
January 13, 2013: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Hermosillo-General Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia, Sonora, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 9, 2012: Learjet 25, Iturbide, Nuevo León, Mexico (7 fatalities)
December 7, 2012: Britten-Norman Islander, La Yesca, Nayarit, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 27, 2012: Boeing 727-200, Laguna Salada, Baja California, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 20, 2012: IAI Arava 201, Guadalupe y Calvo, Chihuahua, Mexico (0 fatalities)
February 21, 2012: Rockwell Gulfstream 695 Jetprop 980, El Refugio, Jalisco, Mexico (3 fatalities)
October 31, 2011: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Tijuana-General Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Baja California, Mexico (3 fatalities)
September 12, 2011: Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, Monterrey-Del Norte, Nuevo León, Mexico (2 fatalities)
May 5, 2011: BAe 125, Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico (0 fatalities)
March 4, 2011: Cessna 411, Carrasqueño, Jalisco, Mexico (3 fatalities)
February 18, 2011: Learjet 24, Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico (2 fatalities)
November 24, 2010: Antonov AN-32, Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico (5 fatalities)
October 6, 2010: Cessna 501 Citation I, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico (8 fatalities)
July 7, 2010: Piper PA-31 Cheyenne, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico (8 fatalities)
June 14, 2010: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico (9 fatalities)
April 13, 2010: Airbus A300, Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo, Nuevo León, Mexico (6 fatalities)
April 1, 2010: Learjet 25, Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico (0 fatalities)
April 27, 2009: Boeing 737-200, Guadalajara-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Jalisco, Mexico (0 fatalities)
December 7, 2008: Learjet 23, Atlangatepec, Tlaxcala, Mexico (2 fatalities)
November 4, 2008: Learjet 45, Mexico City, Federal District of Mexico City, Mexico (16 fatalities)
November 3, 2008: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, Punta Chivato, Baja California Sur, Mexico (1 fatality)
October 17, 2008: Cessna 402, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (3 fatalities)
October 6, 2008: Cessna 421 Golden Eagle, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico (2 fatalities)
September 14, 2008: Cessna 421B Golden Eagle II, San Antonio del Bravo, Chihuahua, Mexico (4 fatalities)
August 2, 2008: Learjet 35, Guadalajara-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Jalisco, Mexico (0 fatalities)
July 6, 2008: Douglas DC-9, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (1 fatality)
April 25, 2008: Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico (0 fatalities)
November 5, 2007: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, Culiacán Rosales, Sinaloa, Mexico (0 fatalities)
September 24, 2007: Gulfstream GII, Tixkokob, Yucatán, Mexico (0 fatalities)
September 14, 2007: Boeing 737-200, Guadalajara-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Jalisco, Mexico (0 fatalities)