Culiacán Rosales – La Paz

On July 5, 2007 at 09:30 AM, Culiacán Rosales – La Paz experienced a crash involving Rockwell Sabreliner 40, operated by Jett Paquetería, with the event recorded near Culiacán Rosales Sinaloa.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 333.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 7.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During the takeoff roll from runway 02, at a speed of about 100 km/h, the aircraft became unstable. The pilot-in-command elected to takeoff twice but the aircraft failed to respond. Twelve seconds later, the captain decided to abandon the takeoff procedure but this decision was taken too late as the remaining distance was 300 metres only. Unable to stop, the aircraft crossed the boundary fence then a motorway where it collided with several vehicles before coming to rest, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed as well as seven people on the ground. Ten other people on the ground were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-TFL, MSN 265-48, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 24.7956°, -107.3848°.