Date: | August 31, 1986 |
Location: | Cerritos, California |
Aircraft: | MD Douglas DC-9-32 |
Reg: | XA-JED |
Airline: | Aeromexico |
Flight No: | 498 |
Fatalities: | 67 : 67 +15 |
An Aeromexico DC-9 going down over Cerritos, California after colliding with a Piper Archer. All 64 aboard the DC-9, 3 on the Piper and 15 on the ground were killed. The Piper flew into unauthorized commerial air space. |