Date:	Friday 5 May 1989
Time:	14:30
Type:	Britten-Norman BN-2A Trislander Mk.III-2
Owner/operator:	Aero Cozumel
Registration:	XA-JPE
MSN:	1051
Year of manufacture:	1977
Engine model:	Lycoming O-540-E4C5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	3 km from Playa del Carmen Airport (PCM) -   Mexico
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:	Chichén Itzá Airport (CZA/MMCT)
Destination airport:	Cozumel Airport (CZM/MMCZ)

Narrative:
Crashed shortly after the pilot radioed that he was attempting an emergency landing in the jungle because of engine problems.

Aviation Letter 271
Flight International 17-23 January 1990
Mohave Daily Miner - May 7, 1989

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