Aviation accidents in Mexico

154 accidents and incidents are recorded in Mexico (1986–2026), with 450 people killed and 45 seriously injured. 60% of the accidents were fatal.

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Takeaways

• General aviation accounts for 7% of these accidents and 5% of deaths. Airline flights account for 6% of accidents.
• Recorded accidents went from 1 in 1986 to 13 in 2025.

Deadliest accidents

1. Mexicana de Aviación Flight 940, Maravatío Municipality (Mar 31, 1986) · 167 killed
2. Aerocaribe Flight 7831, Mexico (Jul 8, 2000) · 19 killed
3. 2008 Mexico City Learjet 45 crash, Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez (Nov 4, 2008) · 16 killed
4. Cessna 208B, Loreto, BCS, MX (Oct 14, 2013) · 14 killed
5. Cessna 650, Toluca, OF (Dec 15, 2025) · 10 killed
6. Cessna 208, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, MX (Jun 13, 2010) · 9 killed
7. Beech E90, Lote Ocho, MX (Feb 11, 2024) · 9 killed
8. Cessna 402B, Tecalitran, MX (Sep 13, 2003) · 8 killed
9. British Aerospace HS 125 700A, Saltillo, MX (Apr 20, 2014) · 8 killed
10. Learjet Inc 25, Monterrey, MX (Dec 9, 2012) · 7 killed

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Other countries

• United States · 76,200 accidents
• Brazil · 327 accidents
• Australia · 203 accidents
• Colombia · 147 accidents
• Canada · 133 accidents
• France · 127 accidents
• United Kingdom · 109 accidents
• Venezuela · 100 accidents
• Russia · 84 accidents
• Argentina · 82 accidents

These are counts of recorded accidents, not risk rates: the data has no flight hours, so a place or aircraft near the top mostly reflects how much flying happens there. Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain), plus notable international accidents from Wikidata and Wikipedia. US-heavy; the NTSB only codes phase and cause for accidents from 2008 on, so those tables leave out earlier years.