Tijuana - Ensenada

On February 6, 1996 at 08:20 PM, Tijuana - Ensenada experienced a crash involving Cessna 500 Citation, operated by Aérotaxi Cachanilla, with the event recorded near Ensenada Baja California.

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.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While approaching Ensenada Airport by night and foggy conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck a hill located few km from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all eight occupants were killed. It is believed that the crew did not receive any clearance to approach Ensenada Airport and continued the descent at an insufficient altitude.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-SLQ, MSN 500-0111, year of manufacture 1973.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 31.8671°, -116.5739°.