C-GCMD

On October 2, 2015 at 12:03 PM, C-GCMD experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by KASI - KalusAir Services Inc., with the event recorded near Veracruz Rivas.

The flight was categorized as geographical / geophysical / scientific and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The pilot, sole on board, departed Managua-Augusto C. Sandino Airport at 0934LT on a flight for the Australian Company CSA Global, taking part to a geological mission dedicated to the construction of a canal. In unknown circumstances, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field located in Los Camastros, about one km north of Veracruz. The pilot was killed and maybe tried to use a parachute before the crash as one was found in the wreckage.

Aircraft reference details include registration C-GCMD, MSN 31-7912101, year of manufacture 1979.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 11.4237°, -85.8748°.