| Date of Accident: | 31 August 1986 |  |
| Airline: | Aeromexico |  |
| Aircraft: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 | |
| Location: | Cerritos, California, USA | |
| Registration: | XA-JED | |
| Previous Registrations: | N1277L | |
| Flight Number: | 498 | |
| Fatalities: | 64:64 + 15 | |
| MSN: | 47356 | |
| Line Number: | 470 | |
| Engine Manufacturer: | Pratt & Whitney | |
| Engine Model: | JT8D | |
| Year of Delivery: | 1969 | |
| Accident Description: | The aircraft crashed after colliding with a privately owned Piper PA-28 Cherokee. The 57-year-old private pilot, along with his wife and daughter, were flying a VFR flight below the lower limit of the Los Angeles terminal control area when the PIC suffered a heart attack. During the effort to revive the pilot, the airplane entered LAX airspace and was involved in the collision with the DC-9. ATC was unaware of the aircraft because regulations at the time did not require aircraft operating over or under TCA airspace to be transponder equipped. |
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| Related Links/Information: | Accident Photos - AirDisaster.Com Photo Database
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