# Accident 19950104032889A: Piper PA60601P, Toluca, Mexico, January 4, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1995
- Place: Toluca, Mexico
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N720EM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N720EM-1999-06-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper AEROSTAR 601P (registry code 7106012, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-aerostar-601p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA60601P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95WA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95WA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950104032889A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(.19) ON JANUARY 4, 1995, APPROXIMATELY 0820 LOCAL TIME, A PIPER AEROSTAR 601P, N720EM, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND NEAR TILUCA, MEXICO. THE AIRPLANE, OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PRIVATE MULTI-ENGINE RATED PILOT, WAS ON A PERSONAL CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT AND THE ONE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF MEXICO DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CIVIL AVIATION (DGAC), THE AIRPLANE HAD DEPARTED THE CUERNAVACA, MEXICO, AIRPORT, ENROUTE TO MONTERREY, MEXICO, WITH AN ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF ITS HOME BASE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO THE INITIAL REPORTS, THE PILOT CONTACTED ATC SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND REPORTED A POWER LOSS IN THE LEFT ENGINE. HE SUBSEQUENTLY STATED HIS INTENTIONS OF ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT THE TOLUCA AIRPORT. AIRPORT PERSONNEL OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE OVER THE AIRPORT ON A HEADING OF 350 DEGREES WITH THE LEFT PROPELLER "DEAD". THEY THEN OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ENTER WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A "STALL" AND THEN DESCEND OUT OF CONTROL TO GROUND IMPACT. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED. DETAILED WEATHER DATE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW95WA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95WA081), Jan 4, 1995: Piper Aerostar 601P (N720EM), Toluca, Mexico, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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