Guadalajara – Mexico City

On March 4, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Guadalajara – Mexico City experienced a crash involving Cessna 411, operated by Private Mexican, with the event recorded near Carrasqueño Jalisco.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 50.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Guadalajara-Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Airport, the crew informed ATC about technical problems and elected to make an emergency landing. While approaching a pasture, the twin engine airplane collided with a powerline and crashed, bursting into flames. Both pilots and two cows in the field were killed, and all four passengers were seriously injured (burns). Three days later, one of the survivor died from his injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration XB-LWA, MSN 411-0275, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.4379°, -103.2310°.