McDonnell Douglas DC-8-51 XAPIK

Summary

On 24 July 1984 at about 17:35 local time, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-51 registered XAPIK, operated by Aeronaves de Mexico (Aomf, was involved in an accident near Key West, Florida, United States. 154 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 8 had minor injuries. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 July 1984 at 17:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Key West, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Unknown

Coordinates

24.5503, -81.7791

Aircraft

McDonnell Douglas DC-8-51

Registration

XAPIK

Category

Airplane

Engines

4

Operator

Aeronaves de Mexico (Aomf

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mexico City → Miami

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84LA229

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE CAPTAIN REPORTED THAT THE SEAT BELT SIGN WAS LEFT ON FOR THE ENTIRE FLT FROM MEXICO CITY TO MIAMI. APRX 50 MI FROM KEY WEST, THE FLT BEGAN A DESCENT FROM FL370. WHILE DESCENDING THRU ABOUT 11,500 FT, THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE TURBULENCE. AT THAT TIME, THE AIRSPEED WAS 270 KTS & THE ACFT WAS PASSING THRU A CUMULUS CLOUD. ONE PASSENGER SUFFERED A SERIOUS INJURY, 4 PASSENGERS & 4 FLT ATTENDANTS RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLT CREW CONTINUED TO MIAMI INTL ARPT & LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. A WX STUDY REVEALED A LARGE AREA OF LEVEL 2 TO LEVEL 5 THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE ROUTE. THERE WAS A CONVECTIVE SIGMET FOR AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TOPS TO 45,000 FT. THE PASSENGERS STATED THAT NO PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE MADE TO WARN THEM OF POSSIBLE TURBULENCE, EXCEPT FOR THE SEAT BELT SIGN. INJURIES OCCURRED WHEN OCCUPANTS WERE THROWN ABOUT THE CABIN OR AGAINST LOOSE SEAT BELTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.