Crash location of Aeroméxico Flight 498

USA / California / La Palma /
 crash site, historical layer / disappeared object, aircraft crash site
On August 31, 1986, Flight 498 descended into the Los Angeles area with 58 passengers and 6 crew members aboard. Minutes before, a Piper PA-28-181 Archer carrying a pilot and 2 passengers, departed Torrance bound for Big Bear City. At 11:52am, the Piper collided with the left horizontal stabilizer of the DC-9.

The DC-9 inverted and fell to the earth in this residential neighborhood of Cerritos, killing 15 on the ground and all 64 passengers and crew, as well as destroying five homes and damaging seven others. A fire sparked by the crash contributed significantly to the damage.

The remains of the Piper and its occupants fell into an adjacent empty schoolyard.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeromexico_Flight_498
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Coordinates:   33°52'3"N   118°2'44"W

Comments

  • My husbands parents were on board the plane that fateful day. Our plans are to go to Cerritos to see the memorial there soon.
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