Toluca – Colima

On September 13, 2003 at 06:30 PM, Toluca – Colima experienced a crash involving Cessna 402, operated by Private Mexican, with the event recorded near Tecalitlán Jalisco.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising under VFR mode at an altitude of 8,400 feet in poor weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located near Tecalitlán. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all eight occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were poor over State of Jalisco due to a tropical storm with heavy rain falls and strong winds.

Aircraft reference details include registration XB-FTA, MSN 402B-1049, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.4708°, -103.3081°.