Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Baborigame Mexico
Monday, June 25, 2001 9:00 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On June 25, 2001, about 0900 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Cessna 206, Mexican registration XA-SFT, registered to and operated by Taxis Aereos de Sinaloa, S.A de C.V., crashed while on maneuvering approach to land in the vicinity of the Cinco LLagas Airport, Mexico. Weather conditions at the time of the accident are not known. Flight plan information is not available. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The pilot-in-command and five passengers were fatally injured. The flight originated from the Caimaneros de Guasave Airport, about 1 hour before the accident. Witnesses stated they observed the airplane go over the airport and make a steep turn with no power, enter a stall nose down, followed by the collision with the terrain. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Mexico. Any further information pertaining this accident may be obtained from: Subsecretaria de Transportes Direccion General de Aviacion Civil (DGAC) Providencia 807 - Cuarto Piso Colonia del Valle This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained from or released by the government of Mexico.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/25/2001
Event Day of the Week Monday
Time of Event 900
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Baborigame
Event State --
Event Country MEXICO
Zipcode of the event site 00000
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source --
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal 6
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 6
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source CESSNA AIRCRAFT
NTSB Notification Date Jun 26 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Mar 20 2003 2:49PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\ZUZL
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office FAA Miami IFO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number MIA01WA177
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 129: Foreign
Type of Flight Plan filed --
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire --
Aircraft Explosion --
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 206
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number --
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines --
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed --
ELT Activated --
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name --
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City --
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country --
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? --
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? --
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country MX
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight Domestic
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger/Cargo
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code --
Departure City Caimaneros
Departure State UN
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 800
Departure Time Zone UTC
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code --
Destination City Cinco LLagas
Destination State UN
Destination Country MX
Specific Phase of Flight Unknown
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jul 10 2001 10:40AM
User who most recently changed record PREJ
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --