Airbus A300B4-203 XA-TUE

Summary

On 14 April 2010 at about 06:00 local time, a Airbus A300B4-203 registered XA-TUE, operated by Aero Union, was involved in an accident near Monterrey, Mexico. 6 people were on board and 5 died. One person on the ground also died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 April 2010 at 06:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Monterrey, Mexico

Nearest airport

Monterrey (MMMY)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Airbus A300B4-203

Registration

XA-TUE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Aero Union

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mexico City → Monterrey

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night

NTSB number

DCA10RA053

5 people died, including 1 on the ground.

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

At 2300 local time on April 13, 2010, an Airbus A300-200, Mexican registration XA-TUE, crashed on approach to Monterrey, Mexico. The airplane was destroyed, 5 crewmembers and one person on the ground, were killed. Rain showers and cumulonimbus clouds were reported in the area. This accident is being investigated by the Mexican Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil DGAC (www.sct.gob.mx)

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.