- Date
- June 13, 2010, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Mexico
- Injuries
- 9 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- XA-TWKCessna 208
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Loss of control in flight
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp, Federal Aviation Administration, Cessna Aircraft Company, Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
- Case key
- 76322
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On June 13, 2010, approximately 1800 central daylight time, a Cessna 208B, XA-TWK, was substantially damaged upon impact with terrain following a loss of control during the initial climb from the Felipe Carrillo Puerto airstrip, Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The two pilots and seven passengers were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane impacted a heavily wooded area approximately .12 nautical miles northeast of the departure end of the runway. An on-scene investigation was conducted by the Direccion General de Aeronutica Civil (DGAC) with the assistance from representatives of the National Transportation Safety Board, Cessna Aircraft Company, Pratt & Whitney Canada, and the Federal Aviation Administration. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) Direccion General de Aeronutica Civil (DGAC) Col Narvarte, Del. Benito Juárez Mexico, D.F, Mexico c.p. 15620 Tel: (55)57239300
Aircraft
- Registration
- XA-TWK
- Reported as
- Cessna 208 (B)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0992
- Engine
- Pratt & Whitney PT6A-114A, 675 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Servicious Aereos Milenio
- Registered owner
- Servicious Aereos Milenio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Carrillo Puerto
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- Felipe Carrillo, runway 10, 3,280 × 75 ft, asphalt
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 1, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 43 KB in all.