# Accident 19951031041729A: Cessna 208B, Piedras Negras, Mexico, October 31, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1995
- Place: Piedras Negras, Mexico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: TACA
- Aircraft: XASVM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208B
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 9
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951031041729A

## Narrative

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

(.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.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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