Date: | Monday 2 June 1958 |
Time: | 22:06 |
Type: | Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
Owner/operator: | Aeronaves de México |
Registration: | XA-MEV |
MSN: | 2665 |
Year of manufacture: | 1951 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 45 / Occupants: 45 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 16 km W of Guadalajara Airport (GDL) -
Mexico
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Guadalajara Airport (GDL/MMGL) |
Destination airport: | Mexico City International Airport (MEX/MMMX) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The Aeronaves de Mexico Constellation crew didn't follow the established climb-out procedure and crashed into the La Latilla Mountain.
The flight made a routine take-off from runway 28. A turn to the left was made as though to perform the procedural tear drop turn prescribed by the Airports Manual for climb-out on instruments. Instead of completing the procedural turn, the pilot continued on a straight course for about two minutes in a southwesterly direction. Then, on making a right turn the aircraft crashed on the mountain peak.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The aircraft did not climb out in accordance with previously approved procedures - the provisions of which are set out in the Airports Manual."
Sources:
ICAO Accident Digest, Circular 59-AN/54 (154)
El Informador
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