Culiacán – Puebla – Minatitlán – Veracruz

On October 6, 2010 at 07:45 AM, Culiacán – Puebla – Minatitlán – Veracruz experienced a crash involving Cessna 501 Citation I, operated by Aviones Taxi AIFE, with the event recorded near Coatzacoalcos Veracruz.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 aircraft departed Culiacán on a round trip to Veracruz with intermediate stops in Puebla and Minatitlán, carrying two pilots and six employees of the Coppel Company. One minute after takeoff from Minatitlán Airport, while in initial climb, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the sea off Coatzacoalcos. A day later, few debris were found on beaches. The main wreckage was not found and all eight occupants were killed. Crew: Javier Montoya, Bernardo Estrada. Passengers: Salvador Leyva, David Jurado, Norma Torres, Brenda Camacho, Alejandro Quintero, Freddy Peraza.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-TKY, MSN 501-0029, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.1485°, -94.4455°.