Aviation Crash Map

Boeing 727-200B N701AA

29 March 1985 · Mexico City, Mexico · No injuries

Summary

On 29 March 1985 at about 20:11 local time, a Boeing 727-200B registered N701AA was involved in an incident near Mexico City, Mexico. 152 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was slightly damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:11
Classification
Incident
Location
Mexico City, Mexico
Nearest airport
Dfw (DFW)
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Boeing 727-200B
Registration
N701AA
Category
Airplane
Engines
3
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 121: Air Carrier
Purpose of flight
Unknown
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Mexico City → Dfw Inter Arpt
Aircraft damage
Minor
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
FTW85IA168

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
152 0 0 0 152

Probable cause

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

DURING THE INITIAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF A 27 FOOT TALL LIGHT POLE WAS STRUCK BY THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR 1,677 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RWY. ACFT GROSS WEIGHT DICTATED A 5 DEG FLAP TAKEOFF AND COMPANY PERFORMANCE DATA AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE ON EITHER RWY 5R OR 23L. THE CREW PERFORMED AN INTERSECTION TAKEOFF ON RWY 23R RESULTING IN 10,415 FT OF USABLE RWY INSTEAD OF THE PROGRAMED 13,190 FT ON 5R/23L. THE CAPTAIN WAS FLYING THE ACFT BUT NEITHER THE COPILOT OR THE FLIGHT ENGINEER RECOGNIZED THE ERROR OR INITIATED REMEDIAL ACTION. POLE CONTACT RESULTED IN A BLOWN #4 TIRE AND DAMAGE TO THE GEAR ASS'Y AND TRAILING EDGE FLAP. THE ACFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT DFW ARPT, THE INTENDED DEST. DENSITY ALT WAS APRX 10,000 FT MSL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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