Aeroméxico Flight 498, registration XA-JED, was a Douglas DC-9-32 en route from Mexico City, Mexico making its descent into Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California on August 31, 1986. N4891F, callsign Piper 4891 Foxtrot, was a privately-operated Piper PA-28-181 Archer owned by the Kramer family that had minutes earlier departed from Torrance en route to Big Bear City, California. The two aircraft collided in mid-air over Cerritos, California.
The DC-9 fell to the earth in a residential neighborhood at Holmes Avenue and Ashworth Place in Cerritos, killing 15 on the ground and all 64 passengers and crew. The impact and fire destroyed five houses and damaged seven houses. The heavily damaged Piper with the pilot and two passengers already dead, fell into Cerritos Elementary School’s playground.
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