Ciudad Obregón - Toluca

On June 22, 1995 at 11:30 PM, Ciudad Obregón - Toluca experienced a crash involving Learjet 35, operated by Aero Reservaciones Ejecutivas - ARE, with the event recorded near Tepic Nayarit.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Ciudad Obregón Airport at 2001LT on a charter flight to Toluca, carrying four passengers and two pilots. For unknown reasons, the crew cancelled the flight plan and returned to Ciudad Obregón. A second takeoff was recorded at 2118LT and en route, the crew cancelled again the flight plan as he wanted to divert to Tepic, then Guadalajara and later Puerto Vallarta. After ATC informed the crew that Guadalajara Airport was closed to traffic, the crew finally decided to fly to Tepic. But this airport was also closed to traffic. On final approach to Tepic Airport, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck the ground and crashed 8,3 km short of runway 02. At the time of the accident, the airport was closed and the approach light system was off. One of the passenger was the drug lord Héctor Luis Palma Salazar who was later arrested.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-SWF, MSN 35-391, year of manufacture 1981.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 21.5853°, -104.8352°.