Cancún - Cancún

On November 15, 2006 at 12:00 AM, Cancún - Cancún experienced a crash involving Casa 212 Aviocar, operated by Mexican Navy - Armada de México, with the event recorded near Progreso Yucatán.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Cancún Airport for a routine maritime patrol flight over the Gulf of Mexico. After 5 hours of flight, while returning to his base and approaching the coast, the crew informed ATC that an engine failed. Few seconds later, the second engine stopped as well. The crew reduced his altitude and ditched the aircraft 3,5 km off Progreso, some 40 km north of Mérida. All 7 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration AMP-114.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 21.2858°, -89.6632°.