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Code Number:
TAFV07P04_07
Title:
XA-MED, Boeing 727-264, Mexicana Airlines, Puerto Vallarta, JT8D-17R, JT8D, 727-200 series



















CN: 22414
LN: 1748
Named: Veracruz
First flight: 04/05/1981
Engines: 3x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17R
Accident Report:
Date: 31/03/1986
Time: 09:11
Operator: Mexicana
Registration: XA-MEM
Crew: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers: Fatalities: 159 / Occupants: 159
Total: Fatalities: 167 / Occupants: 167
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Las Mesas (Mexico)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Mexico City-Benito Ju?rez International Airport (MEX) (MEX/MMMX), Mexico
Destination airport: Puerto Vallarta-Gustavo D. Ordaz Airport (PVR) (PVR/MMPR), Mexico
Flight number: 940
Narrative:
Flight 940 took off from Mexico City (MEX) at 08:40 for a flight to Puerto Vallarta (PVR), Mazatlan (MZT) and Los Angeles (LAX). The left main gear brake was overheated during the take-off run. When the aircraft had reached FL310 the heat caused a tire on the left hand main gear to explode. Fuel and hydraulic lines were ruptured and electrical cables severed resulting in a cabin decompression. An emergency was declared, and the fuel ignited causing a massive fire on board. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into a mountain in the Sierra Madre, at an elevation of 9000 feet. It was found that the tire had been serviced with air rather than nitrogen. The air, under high temperature and pressure, resulted in a chemical reaction with the tire itself. This led to a chemical explosion of the tire.
Keywords:
Boeing 727, Jetliner, Tri Engine, Narrow Body, Narrowbody, Single Aisle, Medium Range, Trijet, Turbofan, Fixed wing multi engine, low-wing, Jet, Turbojet, Mexicana Airlines, MXA, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, City, Cities, Mexico, Plane, Avion, History, Technology, Fleet, Livery, Equipment, hull, Public, Airframe, Transport, Fixed-Wing, Commerce, Travel, Airplane, Archive, Airline, Aerospace, Civil Transportation, Passenger Aircraft, Commercial Aviation, Airliner, pollution ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... < Connecting The Dots with Vern > Even as a kid, I have always been amazed with flight - and yet as magical as flying seems to be - The burning of fossil fuels by the aviation industry is not sustainable! The industry (and each of us) are in fervent denial, even though the industry espouses their green credentials. This charade will be one of the many atrocities that destroys a human habitable world. Though the Earth does not care, WE as the dominant species should! To fly is to massively pollute! . . . and will hasten our own demise. The Sixth great extinction is presently underway.
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Code Number:
TAFV07P04_07
Title:
XA-MED, Boeing 727-264, Mexicana Airlines, Puerto Vallarta, JT8D-17R, JT8D, 727-200 series



















CN: 22414
LN: 1748
Named: Veracruz
First flight: 04/05/1981
Engines: 3x Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17R
Accident Report:
Date: 31/03/1986
Time: 09:11
Operator: Mexicana
Registration: XA-MEM
Crew: Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers: Fatalities: 159 / Occupants: 159
Total: Fatalities: 167 / Occupants: 167
Airplane damage: Destroyed
Airplane fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Las Mesas (Mexico)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport: Mexico City-Benito Ju?rez International Airport (MEX) (MEX/MMMX), Mexico
Destination airport: Puerto Vallarta-Gustavo D. Ordaz Airport (PVR) (PVR/MMPR), Mexico
Flight number: 940
Narrative:
Flight 940 took off from Mexico City (MEX) at 08:40 for a flight to Puerto Vallarta (PVR), Mazatlan (MZT) and Los Angeles (LAX). The left main gear brake was overheated during the take-off run. When the aircraft had reached FL310 the heat caused a tire on the left hand main gear to explode. Fuel and hydraulic lines were ruptured and electrical cables severed resulting in a cabin decompression. An emergency was declared, and the fuel ignited causing a massive fire on board. Control was lost and the aircraft crashed into a mountain in the Sierra Madre, at an elevation of 9000 feet. It was found that the tire had been serviced with air rather than nitrogen. The air, under high temperature and pressure, resulted in a chemical reaction with the tire itself. This led to a chemical explosion of the tire.
Keywords:
Boeing 727, Jetliner, Tri Engine, Narrow Body, Narrowbody, Single Aisle, Medium Range, Trijet, Turbofan, Fixed wing multi engine, low-wing, Jet, Turbojet, Mexicana Airlines, MXA, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, City, Cities, Mexico, Plane, Avion, History, Technology, Fleet, Livery, Equipment, hull, Public, Airframe, Transport, Fixed-Wing, Commerce, Travel, Airplane, Archive, Airline, Aerospace, Civil Transportation, Passenger Aircraft, Commercial Aviation, Airliner, pollution ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... ... --- ... < Connecting The Dots with Vern > Even as a kid, I have always been amazed with flight - and yet as magical as flying seems to be - The burning of fossil fuels by the aviation industry is not sustainable! The industry (and each of us) are in fervent denial, even though the industry espouses their green credentials. This charade will be one of the many atrocities that destroys a human habitable world. Though the Earth does not care, WE as the dominant species should! To fly is to massively pollute! . . . and will hasten our own demise. The Sixth great extinction is presently underway.
Image by:
Wernher Krutein
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