OpenAirDocs.org

19951031041729A

Accident · Destroyed
Open the Markdown

FAA accident report · Cessna 208B · Piedras Negras, Mexico · October 31, 1995

FAA Aviation Safety Information PortalNTSB investigation search

Date
October 31, 1995
Place
Piedras Negras, Mexico
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
TACA
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
XASVM
Reported as
Cessna 208B
People aboard
9
Fatal injuries
9

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(.19) On October 31, 1995, at 2050 central daylight time, a Cessna 208B, mexican registration xasvm, was destroyed upon impact with terrain while on approach to the Piedras Negras regional airport, near Piedras Negras, coahila, Mexico. The airline transport rated pilot and 8 of the passengers were fatally injured, while 2 of his passengers escaped with serious injuries. The airplane,owned by western aircraft maintenance, of boise, Idaho, and operated by transportes aereos de coahila s.a., of saltillo, coahila, Mexico, was operated as a scheduled commuter airline under Mexico's equivelant of title 14 CFR part 135. The flight originated in saltillo, Mexico, at 1843. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed throughout the area for the scheduled commuter flight for which an IFR flight plan was filed. According to the operator, the pilot filed an IFR flight plan for a 1910 departure, requesting 16,000 feet MSL, via direct monterrey, direct coahila, with an estimated time en route of one hour and 20 minutes. The pilot estimated in his flight plan a fuel endurance of 4 hours. While 80 miles from the destination airport, the pilot contacted the tower at the Piedras Negras airpo rt, and was informed that the airport was closed due to inclement weather, wihich was reported as sky obscured, visibility zero, with fog and drizzle.

As the FAA filed it

(.19) ON OCTOBER 31, 1995, AT 2050 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 208B, MEXICAN REGISTRATION XASVM, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN WHILE ON APPROACH TO THE PIEDRAS NEGRAS REGIONAL AIRPORT, NEAR PIEDRAS NEGRAS, COAHILA, MEXICO. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT AND 8 OF THE PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY INJURED, WHILE 2 OF HIS PASSENGERS ESCAPED WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE,OWNED BY WESTERN AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE, OF BOISE, IDAHO, AND OPERATED BY TRANSPORTES AEREOS DE COAHILA S.A., OF SALTILLO, COAHILA, MEXICO, WAS OPERATED AS A SCHEDULED COMMUTER AIRLINE UNDER MEXICO'S EQUIVELANT OF TITLE 14 CFR PART 135. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SALTILLO, MEXICO, AT 1843. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGHOUT THE AREA FOR THE SCHEDULED COMMUTER FLIGHT FOR WHICH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. ACCORDING TO THE OPERATOR, THE PILOT FILED AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR A 1910 DEPARTURE, REQUESTING 16,000 FEET MSL, VIA DIRECT MONTERREY, DIRECT COAHILA, WITH AN ESTIMATED TIME EN ROUTE OF ONE HOUR AND 20 MINUTES. THE PILOT ESTIMATED IN HIS FLIGHT PLAN A FUEL ENDURANCE OF 4 HOURS. WHILE 80 MILES FROM THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE PILOT CONTACTED THE TOWER AT THE PIEDRAS NEGRAS AIRPO RT, AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, WIHICH WAS REPORTED AS SKY OBSCURED, VISIBILITY ZERO, WITH FOG AND DRIZZLE.