Manzanillo – Mexico City

On November 30, 1989 at 08:22 PM, Manzanillo – Mexico City experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Procuraduría General de la República, with the event recorded near Manzanillo Colima.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

Five minutes after takeoff from Manzanillo Airport, while climbing by night, the twin engine aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea few hundred meters offshore. The wreckage sank by a depth of 80 meters and all seven occupants were killed, among them five police officers who were returning to Mexico City. The flight was completed on behalf of the Attorney General of the Republic.

Aircraft reference details include registration XB-EJJ.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.0878°, -104.3099°.