Toluca - Colima

On February 24, 2005 at 03:37 PM, Toluca - Colima experienced a crash involving IAI 1124 Westwind, operated by Government of the State of Colima, with the event recorded near El Devanador Michoacán.

The flight was categorized as government and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft departed Toluca Airport at 1516LT on a flight to Colima, carrying five members of the Colima Government and two pilots. Fifteen minutes into the flight, while cruising at an altitude of 16,000 feet, the crew informed ATC about control problems and was cleared to divert to Morelia Airport via radial 160. Shortly later, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a wooded and mountainous terrain located near El Devanador. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all seven occupants were killed. Crew: Mario Torres, pilot, Germán Ascencio, copilot. Passengers: Gustavo Vázquez Montes, Governor of the State of Colima, Roberto Preciado Cuevas, delegate secretary for Tourism, Ignacio Peralta, delegate secretary for Economy, Luis Barreda Cedillo, delegate secretary for Finances, Guillermo Díaz, Director of Tourism.

Aircraft reference details include registration XC-COL, MSN 279, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.3847°, -100.8258°.