Aviation accidents in Mexico

The NTSB database holds 939 accidents and incidents in Mexico, recorded between 1962 to 2026. 284 of them were fatal (30%), and 956 people died.

The deadliest year was 1979, with 72 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is landing (250 records).

The aircraft types that appear most often are Cessna 182, Piper PA-28 and Boeing 737.

793 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

939

Records

284

Fatal

956

Deaths

30%

Share fatal

1962 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 146 of 939 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 238

1970s 273

1980s 18

1990s 45

2000s 98

2010s 130

2020s 137

Aircraft types involved

Cessna 182 73 Piper PA-28 42 Boeing 737 40 Cessna 210 38 Piper PA-24 32 Cessna 172 26

Operators involved

AeroMexico 11 VIVA Aerobus 7 Volaris 6 American Airlines 6 Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V. 4 Upper Valley A 4

All 939 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
14 Apr 2003	Grumman HU-16 N7026Y	Chetumal, Mexico	Robert F. Carlson Jr.	Fatal	3
7 Oct 2001	Bell 412HP XA-SPZ	Los Cabos, Mexico	Heliservicio de Campeche S.A.	Fatal	3
21 May 2000	Beechcraft V35 N3334G	San Quintin, Mexico no coordinates	Robert H. APP	Fatal	3
1 Dec 1999	Cessna 182S 5439	Tepic, Mexico no coordinates	Fuerza Aerea Mexicana	Fatal	3
3 Jan 1998	Learjet 24 XARRK	Tampico, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
16 Mar 1997	Piper PA-28-181 N5968F	Tejupilco, Mexico no coordinates	James T. Osborn	Fatal	3
10 Jul 1995	Aerospatiale AS355F XBDDX	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Televisa S.a. de C.v.	Fatal	3
3 Jun 1993	Cessna 180G N1281B	Huazapares, Mexico no coordinates	Sumner, John S.	Fatal	3
3 Jun 1993	Aero Commander 680F N8676D	Chihuahua, Mexico no coordinates	Spikes, James C.	Fatal	3
27 Feb 1993	Piper PA-28-235 N166DP	Loreto, Mexico no coordinates	Pfeiffer, Kent D.	Fatal	3
4 Jul 1992	Beechcraft 58 N23739	Ensenada, Mexico no coordinates	I & T Produce Company	Fatal	3
20 Feb 1987	Cessna 175 N7635M	La Union Morale, Mexico no coordinates	Donald L. Harper	Fatal	3
7 Aug 1976	Avions Mrcl FALCON N888AR	Acapulco, Mexico no coordinates	Hansa Jet Corp	Fatal	3
21 Jun 1976	Cessna 182 N1402M	Coahuila, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
14 May 1976	De Havilland DHC-2 N3010F	Acapulco, Mexico no coordinates	Drug Enfcmt AD	Fatal	3
26 Jan 1975	Cessna 180 N4659A	Vecora, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
7 Nov 1974	Cessna 401 N401EH	Los Mochis, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
19 Sep 1974	Cessna T210L N90707	Mal Paso, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
28 Oct 1973	Cessna 205 N8299Z	Yecora, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
30 Apr 1973	Cessna 175 N7059M	San L Gonzaga, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
22 Nov 1972	Piper PA-24 N8581P	Topia, Mexico no coordinates	PAC Aero Lease	Fatal	3
25 Oct 1970	Cessna 172 N8312B	Tijuana, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
8 Sep 1968	Cessna 170 N4248V	Mexicali, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
31 Dec 1966	Stinson 108 N6879M	Matamoros Mex, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
27 Mar 1966	Cessna 195 N4328N	Santa Rosalia Mex, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
16 Sep 1964	Cessna 182 N5959B	Coahuila Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
22 Sep 2025	Bell 412 XA-BND	Talpa de Allende, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Sep 2025	Cessna 150M XB-BGH	Municipio de Garcia, Mexico	Centro de Estudios Aeronáuticos de Mazatlán, A.C.	Fatal	2
9 Oct 2023	Piper PA-24-250 N6518P	San Juan de la Costa, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
21 Jun 2023	Bell 412 XA-EHI	Gom, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Dec 2022	Bombardier CL600 XB-SGV	Venado, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
22 Dec 2022	Bell 412EP XA-BNA	Ocean, Mexico	Aeroservicio Especializados S.A. de C.V.	Fatal	2
12 Jul 2022	Piper PA-31-325 N28DF	Queretaro, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
23 May 2022	Smith AEROSTAR 601P N66CG	Ceballos, Mexico	Posada Raul Ignacion	Fatal	2
28 Feb 2022	Cessna 210 UNREG	Tierra Nueva, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
23 Jan 2022	Van's RV-6A XB-JXK	Ciudad-Chihuahua state, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
30 Mar 2021	Cessna T206H XA-UPC	Quintana Roo, Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	Aerolineas Chihuahua al Pacifico S.A. de C.V.	Fatal	2
16 Sep 2020	Cessna TU206G XB-LVT	Los Laureles, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
20 Oct 2019	Cessna 310 XB-SIG	La Piedad, Mexico no coordinates	Sistemas de Inteligencia Geografica Aplicados S.C	Fatal	2
2 Aug 2019	Cessna TU206 XB-FZN	Guachochi, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
12 May 2019	Cessna T210 XB-OYJ	Mahahual, Mexico, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
10 Feb 2019	Cessna 150 XB-OWS	Atizapán de Zaragoza, México, México, Mexico	Aviacion Integral Regional SC	Fatal	2
26 Jan 2019	Rans S12 UNREG	Bavispe, Mexico	Mr. Alvin Cedric Miller	Fatal	2
16 Oct 2018	Cessna 150M XB-ODX	La Paz, Mexico	Escuela de Aviación y Adiestramiento S.A. de C.V	Fatal	2
12 Feb 2018	Cessna 182 XB-HRG	El Pozo, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
22 Nov 2017	MD Helicopters 369HS XC-TIJ	La Morita, Mexico	City of Tijuana	Fatal	2
15 Jul 2017	Cessna T210 XB-LJK	Cerro Viejo, Mexico no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
17 May 2017	Learjet 25 XA-VMC	Toluca, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
21 Jan 2017	Robinson R44 XA-CSJ	Salinas Victoria, Mexico	-	Fatal	2
6 Oct 2015	Bell 430 XC-VER	Xalapa, Mexico	Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz	Fatal	2