ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 333641
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| Date: | Thursday 19 January 1961 |
| Time: | 20:17 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-8-21 |
| Owner/operator: | Aeronaves de México |
| Registration: | XA-XAX |
| MSN: | 45432/105 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 529 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT4A- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 106 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL/KIDL) |
| Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The takeoff run from runway 07R was aborted, but the DC-8 crashed and burned.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The probable cause of the accident was the unnecessary discontinuing of the takeoff as a result of the action by the check-pilot, who was not in either pilot seat, in reaching forward without warning and pulling the throttles back This action caused power to be decreased on all four engines. Contributing factors were the marginally poor weather, snow on the runway, and the possibility of the pitot head heat not have been on."
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