Incident Overview

Date: Tuesday 15 May 2018
Aircraft Type: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Owner/operator: private
Location: near Tuzant n – ÿ Mexico
Phase of Flight: Unknown
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Component Affected: Aircraft (Cessna 208B Grand Caravan)Aircraft (Cessna 208B Grand Caravan)
Category: Accident
A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan with a white tail fin crashed on a wooded hillside in the Tuzant n municipality, Mexico, resulting in the deaths of all occupants. A photo shows a severely burned wreckage, consistent with a Cessna 208B. A U.S. Cessna 208B with registration N149CD is linked to the incident, and has been observed in California. Drug traffickers may have used this aircraft with a forged identification, potentially mirroring the Cessna 208B model.A Cessna 208B Grand Caravan with a white tail fin crashed on a wooded hillside in the Tuzant n municipality, Mexico, resulting in the deaths of all occupants. A photo shows a severely burned wreckage, consistent with a Cessna 208B. A U.S. Cessna 208B with registration N149CD is linked to the incident, and has been observed in California. Drug traffickers may have used this aircraft with a forged identification, potentially mirroring the Cessna 208B model.

Description

All occupants were killed when their aircraft impacted terrain and burned on a wooded hillside in the Tuzant n municipality in Mexico. A photo from the scene of the accident shows a burned wreck of an aircraft with a white tail fin, likely of a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan. Local media state that the white coloured aircraft carried the registration mark N149CD. This number also belongs to a U.S. Cessna 208B, which has been seen active in California after the accident date. A reasonable explanation could be that drug traffickers used an aircraft with a fake id, belonging to a similar model aircraft. There have been multiple similar cases in 2018. In the remains of the aircraft at least eight drums were found with a capacity of 20 liters each.

Source of Information

https://www.diariodelsur.com.mx/local/mueren-dos-al-desplomarse-avionetahttps://www.diariodelsur.com.mx/local/mueren-dos-al-desplomarse-avioneta

Primary Cause

Possible drug trafficking using a forged Cessna 208B identification.Possible drug trafficking using a forged Cessna 208B identification.

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