1995 Mexico City air show mid-air collision

1995 mid-air collision 1995 Mexico City air show mid-air collision Northrop F-5E Tiger II, Mexico - Air Force JP6026757.jpg Northrop F-5E Tiger II similar to one of those involved in the accident Accident 1995 09 16 y Mid-air collision of multiple aircraft Mexico City 6 1 3 1× Light fighter; 4× Trainer 1× Northrop F-5E Tiger II; 4× Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star Mexican Air Force 4003 (F-5); JE-009, JE-036, JE-049, JE-050 (T-33) Santa Lucia Air Force Base Santa Lucia Air Force Base 9 6 1 3 On 16 September 1995, five aircraft of the Mexican Air Force collided in mid-air during an air show display at a parade celebrating the 185th anniversary of the Mexican War of Independence. 6 of the 9 pilots involved died in the accident. Events During the military parade to celebrate the 185th anniversary of the Mexican War of Independence, among other aircraft, squadrons of Northrop F-5s and Lockheed T-33s participated, flying in their respective formations. At 11:44 a.m., the Northrop F-5E with the registration 4003 piloted by Captain Héctor Ricardo Trejo Flores hit the Lockheed T-33 with the registration JE-050 in flight, which was piloted by General Gonzalo Curiel García and Lieutenant Gustavo Enrique Pérez Estrada. This impact generated a chain reaction that caused the successive collision against the Lockheed T-33 with the registration JE-036 piloted by Major José Rivera Gutiérrez and Lieutenant Gerardo Ceballos Peraza, the Lockheed T-33 with the registration JE-009 and the Lockheed T-33 with the registration JE-049, this one piloted by Lieutenant Mario Humberto Sánchez García and Lieutenant Jorge Vergara Mogollón.ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55161 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55161 13 November 2023 Aviation Safety NetworkASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55154 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55154 13 November 2023 Aviation Safety NetworkASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55159 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55159 13 November 2023 Aviation Safety NetworkASN Wikibase Occurrence # 55160 https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/55160 13 November 2023 Aviation Safety Network JE-009 was lightly damaged and was able to return to the Santa Lucía Air Base with its crew unharmed, however, 4003, whose pilot ejected but did not survive, crashed in the Huixquilucan area. The rest of the aircraft crashed in Cuajimalpa, where only both pilots of JE-036 managed to eject, though one of them died. Several factors were mentioned that could have caused the accident, from a route invasion by the T-33, flying at a lower altitude than ordered by the F-5 at the same time that the T-33 were flying above its corresponding altitude, and desynchronization during maneuvers.January 2024 General Gonzalo Curiel García One of those killed in said accident, General Gonzalo Curiel, supposedly maintained friendly ties with the drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes, as he introduced his son as his nephew to allow him to board a FAM helicopter during the parade; additionally, the night before he had reportedly attended an event in Carillo's house. Curiel was also the director of public security of Guadalajara, a flight instructor of the Air College and the commander of the Military Air Base No. 4 of Cozumel, after which he became the commander of the Military Air Base No. 2 of Ixtepec, a position he held at the time of his death.Villa Soledad 16 September 2022 Lo que no sabías de los peores accidentes del desfile militar del 16 de septiembre What you didn't know about the worst accidents of the September 16 military parade https://www.independentespanol.com/noticias/america-latina/accidentes-desfile-militar-16-septiembre-b2168185.html 13 November 2023 Independent en español Spanish Servía al narco el general muerto en el desfile del 16 de septiembre de 95 The general who died in the parade on September 16, 1995 served the drug trafficker https://www.jornada.com.mx/1997/11/09/milenio.html 13 November 2023 La Jornada Spanish19 April 2010 El general y su "sobrino Amado" The general and his "beloved nephew" https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/2010/4/19/el-general-su-sobrino-amado-8612.html 13 November 2023 Proceso Spanish Currently, the Mascota Airport in the state of Jalisco bears his name.Agencia Federal de Aviación Civil 4 July 2022 Base de Datos de Aeródromos y Helipuertos Airfields and Heliports Database https://www.gob.mx/afac/acciones-y-programas/base-de-datos-de-aerodromos-y-helipuertos 13 November 2023 Spanish References Mexico Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Mexico Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1995 Category:Mid-air collisions involving military aircraft Category:Mid-air collisions in North America Category:Aviation accidents and incidents at air shows Category:1990s in Mexico City Category:1995 disasters in Mexico Category:September 1995 in Mexico Category:Disasters in Mexico City Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star