Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Statuts: | Préliminaire |
| Date: | 13 AVR 2010 |
| Heure: | 23:18 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Airbus A300B4-203F |
| Compagnie: | AeroUnion - Aerotransporte de Carga Union |
| Immatriculation: | XA-TUE |
| Numéro de série: | 078 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1979-04-06 (31 years ) |
| Moteurs: | 2 General Electric CF6-50C2 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 5 / à bord: 5 |
| Victimes au sol: | victimes: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Détruit |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY) (Mexique)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX/MMMX), Mexique |
| Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport (MTY/MMMY), Mexique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 302 |
An Airbus A300B4-203F cargo plane, registered XA-TUE, was destroyed when it crashed on final approach to Monterrey-Gen. Mariano Escobedo Airport (MTY), Mexico. All five crew members were killed as well as one person on the ground.
AeroUnion Flight 302 had departed Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX) on a cargo service to Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX) with an en route stop at Monterrey. The flight had been cleared to land at runway 11 when it crashed onto the Avenida Miguel Alemán motorway, almost 2 km short of the runway threshold. It struck a car, killing the driver. Another person was found dead later. The airplane broke up and burst into flames.
Weather (accident time approx 04:18 UTC)
MMMY 140420Z 11012KT 3SM SHRA BKN006 OVC025CB 20/19 A2999 RMK 8/9// SHRAB15 LTGIC [04:20 UTC: Wind 110 degrees at 12 knots; visibility 3 miles; rain showers; broken clouds at 600 ft.; overcast with cumulonimbus at 2,500 ft.; Temperature 20°C; Dew point 19°C; 29.99 in.Hg (1015.6 hPa); Lightning observed (intra-cloud)]
MMMY 140342Z 10014KT 7SM -RA BKN006 BKN025CB OVC050 20/19 A2998 RMK 61105 8/9// HZ LTGIC
Sources:
» Confirman 6 muertos tras avionazo en Monterrey (El Universal)
» Airbus media statement
» Mueren 6 en avionazo en Monterrey (Milenio.com)
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Mexican news broadcast:
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06 APR 1979 | F-BVGM | Air France | |
| 02 OCT 1985 | F-BVGM | Air Seychelles | leased |
| 01 MAY 1988 | F-BVGM | Malaysian Air System - MAS | leased |
| 27 MAY 1989 | F-BVGM | Air France | returned |
| 03 MAR 1998 | N828SC | Federal Savings Bank | conversion to cargo plane |
| 27 FEB 1999 | C-FICB | ICC Air Cargo | |
| 12 APR 2002 | XA-TUE | Aero Union | leased |
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport et Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport est de 709 km (443 miles).
La distance entre Mexico City-Benito Juárez International Airport et Monterrey-General Mariano Escobedo International Airport est de 709 km (443 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
