USA Jet Airlines Flight 199
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F · Crashed on approach due to pilot error
From Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV) to Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW)
Event
- NTSB case
- DCA08RA077
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- InvestigationHow far the investigation had got when the record was published: preliminary, ongoing, final or completed. Unknown where the source does not say. Glossary
- Unknown · DGAC official statement, 7 Jul 2008
- Event fatalities
- 1 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- 0
- Occupants
- 2
- Survivors
- 1
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- 1
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Airline
- WeatherVisual meteorological conditions (VMC): good enough to fly by looking outside. Instrument conditions (IMC): cloud or low visibility, flying by instruments. Glossary
- Instrument Meteorological Cond
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-15F
- Aircraft type
- McDonnell Douglas DC-9
- Category
- Airplane
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- N199US
- Operator
- USA Jet Airlines
- Onboard fatalities
- 1
- Route
- From Shreveport Regional Airport (SHV)To Plan de Guadalupe International Airport (SLW)
- Aircraft age
- Not recorded
- Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary
- Part 121: Air Carrier
- Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary
- Not recorded
- Defining eventThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary
- Not recorded
- DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary
- Destroyed
Cause areas
- Personnel issues › Action/decision
- Personnel issues › Task performance
- Personnel issues › Physical
- Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena
- Personnel issues › Experience/knowledge
From the investigation findings the Wikipedia article reports, sorted into the NTSB's cause areas with AI assistance.
Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.
From the Wikipedia article
USA Jet Airlines Flight 199 was a scheduled cargo flight from Shreveport to Saltillo Airport. On July 6, 2008, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight crashed on approach to its destination, killing the captain and seriously injuring the first officer who was taken to the hospital. As of 2026, this is the most recent incident involving a McDonnell Douglas DC-9.
Accident
On July 5, the plane flew from Detroit to Hamilton, Canada, to pick up automotive parts to deliver in Mexico. The plane then took off for Shreveport, where it arrived at 11:19 PM local time and departed for Mexico at 11:48 PM. During approach, the crew misidentified runway 35 of the destination airport and attempted a go around, but failed and the plane crashed after hitting wires only 800 m from Saltillo's runway. The aircraft broke up on impact and burned on the ground, coming to a rest near Libramiento José López Portillo, about 200 m away from some Mercury Cargo and DHL hangars.
Investigation and cause
Investigation
The Mexican Federal Civil Aviation Agency investigated the crash alongside representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board, which nominated Robert Benzon as its accredited representative. The final report stated that the probable causes of the accident were the continuation of an unstable final approach without having the runway in sight and the consequent loss of control during the go around. Contributing factors were pilot fatigue, pilot error, weather at the airport and inexperience of the first officer.
Text from the Wikipedia article “USA Jet Airlines Flight 199” (revision 1359595080, retrieved 2026-09-18) by its authors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Extracted as plain text: references, tables, images and some sections are left out. Read the article
Sources
Wikipedia article: USA Jet Airlines Flight 199
- Article
- USA Jet Airlines Flight 199
- Revision
- 1359595080 · 2026-06-16 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q118122933
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
NTSB record DCA08RA077
- Event ID
- 20080728X01116
- Case number
- DCA08RA077
- Dataset
- full-current
- Source SHA-256
- 5cf380f0061817c0331a6b2d8cc7e0ee3a79bea469a1001dc5c10e56f35f5ab3
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "USA Jet Airlines Flight 199" (page 78076844, revision 1359595080); merged with NTSB case DCA08RA077 (events / aircraft)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site
- Map position
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia article coordinates
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports); gaps and aircraft details from NTSB record DCA08RA077
- Operation
- flight number in the article title
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia: Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities; matches the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), Mexico official statement
- Ground fatalities
- Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), Mexico official statement
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (3)
- One occurrence in two sources, merged: the Wikipedia article "USA Jet Airlines Flight 199" and NTSB case DCA08RA077, matched by the same aircraft registration and date. For this event outside the United States Wikipedia's values are used where the two differ; each value names its source.
- Filled from the NTSB case API where the bulk record had no value: coordinates. Values present in the bulk record are kept.
- Checked against the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC), Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT), Mexico official statement (2008-07-07) on 2026-09-18. The report states the same fatalities, registration, operator, destination and damage. Taken from the report: ground fatalities. Shown unchanged where the report gives another value or wording: date (shown 2008-07-06; report 2008-07-07). Not checked: place, crash-site coordinates, flight number, aircraft type, departure and type of operation.