N555AM

On June 10, 1981 at 09:00 PM, N555AM experienced a crash involving Swearingen SA226T Merlin III, operated by Private American, with the event recorded near Cameron Louisiana.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While in cruising altitude, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity. The pilot-in-command suffered a spatial disorientation and lost control of the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed into gulf of Mexico off Cameron. Both occupants were killed. They were engaged in an illegal smuggling flight.

Aircraft reference details include registration N555AM, MSN T-201, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.8881°, -93.1843°.