Aero Mexico Flight 498
This accident still gives me the shivers...
August 31st, 1986; at 11:46 AM, Aero Mexico Flight 498 began its initial descent into Los Angeles...At 11:52 AM, N4891F, a Piper PA-28-181 Archer collided with the left horizontal stabilizer of the DC-9, shearing off the top of the Piper's cockpit and decapitating the pilot and both of his passengers.