| '''[[Aeroméxico]] Flight 498''', registration [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860831-0 XA-JED], was a [[Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-32]] en route from [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] to [[Los Angeles International Airport]], [[Los Angeles, California]] (with stops in [[Guadalajara]], [[Loreto]], and [[Tijuana]]<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,144979,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Collision in the "Birdcage"]," ''[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]]</ref>) on [[August 31]], [[1986]]. '''N4891F, callsign Piper 4891 Foxtrot''', was a privately-operated [[Piper Cherokee|Piper PA-28-181 Archer]] owned by the Kramer family en route from [[Torrance, California|Torrance]] to [[Big Bear City, California]]. The two aircraft collided in mid-air over [[Cerritos, California]], killing all 67 aboard both aircraft and 15 people on the ground. In addition, 8 persons on the ground sustained minor injuries from the crash [http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR87-07.pdf] (8/115). | | '''[[Aeroméxico]] Flight 498''', registration [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19860831-0 XA-JED], was a [[Douglas DC-9|Douglas DC-9-32]] en route from [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]] to [[Los Angeles International Airport]], [[Los Angeles, California]] (with stops in [[Guadalajara]], [[Loreto]], and [[Tijuana]]<ref>"[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,144979,00.html?iid=chix-sphere Collision in the "Birdcage"]," ''[[TIME (magazine)|TIME]]</ref>) on [[August 31]], [[1986]]. '''N4891F, callsign Piper 4891 Foxtrot''', was a privately-operated [[Piper Cherokee|Piper PA-28-181 Archer]] owned by the Kramer family en route from [[Torrance, California|Torrance]] to [[Big Bear City, California]]. The two aircraft collided in mid-air over [[Cerritos, California]], killing all 67 aboard both aircraft and 15 people on the ground. In addition, 8 persons on the ground sustained minor injuries from the crash [http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR87-07.pdf] (8/115). |
| At approximately 11:46 AM, Flight 498 began its descent into Los Angeles with 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Minutes earlier, N4891F, carrying a pilot and two passengers, departed Torrance. At 11:52 AM, the Piper's engine collided with the left [[horizontal stabilizer]] of the DC-9; this sheared off the top of the Piper's cockpit, killing the pilot and two passengers. | | At approximately 11:46 AM, Flight 498 began its descent into Los Angeles with 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Minutes earlier, N4891F, carrying a pilot and two passengers, departed Torrance. At 11:52 AM, the Piper's engine collided with the left [[horizontal stabilizer]] of the DC-9; this sheared off the top of the Piper's cockpit, killing the pilot and two passengers. |