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
27 Mar 2018	Boeing 767 C-GHLV	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Air Canada	Unknown	-
6 Sep 2017	Boeing 737 XA-UQX	Cancun, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
3 Sep 2017	Boeing 737 XA-MAI	Leon, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
1 Aug 2017	Boeing 737 N368AR	Tijuana, Mexico no coordinates	Aeromexico	No injuries	-
5 Jul 2017	Boeing 737 XA-AAM	Ciudad Juárez, Mexico no coordinates	Aeromexico	Unknown	-
30 Jun 2017	Embraer ERJ190 XA-GAH	Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
29 Jun 2017	Boeing 737 XA-UNY	Monterrey, Mexico no coordinates	Magnicharters	Unknown	-
9 May 2017	Cessna P210N N116DC	San Vicente Tancoayalab, Mexico	-	Serious injuries	-
5 Mar 2017	Boeing 777 F-GZNO	Cancun, Mexico no coordinates	Air France	Unknown	-
20 Feb 2017	Airbus A321 N995AN	Cancun, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	Unknown	-
26 Jan 2017	Boeing 757-223 N176AA	Cancun, Mexico no coordinates	American Airlines	No injuries	-
9 Nov 2016	Boeing 737 XA-UQA	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
12 Jul 2016	Boeing 737 XA-UNY	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 May 2016	Bell 206 N531RR	Mexico City, Mexico	-	Serious injuries	-
2 Apr 2016	Robinson R44 II N565AC	Atemajac de Brizuela, Mexico	-	Serious injuries	-
13 Mar 2016	Airbus A320 XA-VLD	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Volaris	No injuries	-
24 Feb 2016	Boeing 737 C-FIWJ	a Mitad de la Pista del Aeropuerto, Mexico no coordinates	Westjet	No injuries	-
10 Dec 2015	Enstrom 280 XB-GRG	Salinas Victoria, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
27 Nov 2015	Boeing 737 XA-UNM	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Magnicharters	Unknown	-
16 Nov 2015	Learjet 60 XA-UQP	Zihuatanejo, Mexico	-	No injuries	-
2 Nov 2015	McDonnell Douglas DC 9 82(MD-82) N73444	San Luis Potosi, Mexico no coordinates	Everts Air Fuel	No injuries	-
23 Jul 2015	Boeing 737 XA-UTE	Monterrey, Mexico no coordinates	Magnicharters	No injuries	-
1 Jun 2014	Airbus A300 N137UP	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	United Parcel Service	Unknown	-
31 Jul 2013	Boeing 737 N173AT	Batopilas, Mexico	Airtran Airways Inc	Serious injuries	-
24 Apr 2013	McDonnell Douglas 600N XC-AAF	Oaxaca, Mexico no coordinates	Oaxaca State Government	Unknown	-
24 Feb 2013	Piper PA-28-140 N44418	Cozumel, Mexico	Lazano Adventures LLC	Minor injuries	-
26 Dec 2012	Cessna XB-JJE	Cozumel, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
5 Sep 2012	Boeing 737 XA-JOY	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	Aeromexico	Unknown	-
4 Aug 2012	Bell 407 XC-SSP	Tlaxco, Mexico no coordinates	Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz	Minor injuries	-
29 Jun 2012	Bell 214 XA-ICL	Gulf of Mexico, Mexico no coordinates	Asesa	Minor injuries	-
21 Feb 2012	Bell 407 XA-JMB	Loma Bonita, Veracruz, Mexico, Mexico	-	Serious injuries	-
4 Nov 2010	Boeing 737 XA-UHY	Puerto Vallerta, Mexico no coordinates	Global Airlines	Unknown	-
6 Oct 2010	Cessna 501 XA-TKY	Veracruz, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
3 Jul 2010	Bell 206 XC-BAM	La Tuna, Mexico no coordinates	Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa	Minor injuries	-
1 Jun 2010	Bell 412 XA-HSI	Campeche, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
27 Apr 2009	Boeing 737 XA-MAF	Guadalajara, Mexico no coordinates	Magnicharter	Minor injuries	-
28 Feb 2009	Bell 212 XC-DES	Aguascalientes, Mexico no coordinates	Comision Nacional de Agua	Minor injuries	-
5 Feb 2009	Learjet 35 XB-RYT	Ciudad Victoria, Mexico	Rajet Aeroservices	No injuries	-
2 Aug 2008	Learjet 35A XB-KPB	Guadalajara, Mexico no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
13 Apr 2008	Cessna 182 N6278T	San Quintin, Mexico	John Harris	Minor injuries	-
28 Mar 2008	British 800A N167DD	Monterrey, Mexico	-	No injuries	-
25 Feb 2008	Boeing 777-2Q8 N774AM	Mexico City, Mexico	Aero Mexico	No injuries	-
5 Nov 2007	Cessna 208B XA-UBC	Culiacan, Mexico no coordinates	Aerocalafia	Serious injuries	-
15 Sep 2007	Boeing 737-200 XA-MAC	Guadalajara, Mexico	-	No injuries	-
24 Jul 2006	Boeing B767-200 N67157	Cancun, Mexico no coordinates	Continental Airlines Inc	Minor injuries	-
11 Apr 2006	Bell 407 XC-UPN	Morelia, Mexico no coordinates	State of Michoacan	Serious injuries	-
22 Jul 2004	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 XA-BCS	Mexico City, Mexico no coordinates	-	Unknown	-
12 Jun 2004	Bell UH-1B N64CC	Las Bocas, Mexico no coordinates	San Joaquin Helicopters	No injuries	-
14 Mar 2004	Cessna 180K N61576	San Felipe, Mexico no coordinates	Daniel Hall	No injuries	-
7 Mar 2004	Cessna 208B XA-TBJ	Celaya, Mexico no coordinates	Lynx Servicios Aereos, S.A.	Minor injuries	-