Playa del Carmen – Chichén Itzá

On December 21, 2017 at 09:50 AM, Playa del Carmen – Chichén Itzá experienced a crash involving Cessna 207 Skywagon/Stationair, operated by Aero Saab, with the event recorded near Playa del Carmen Quintana Roo.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Playa del Carmen, while flying at an altitude of 1,500 feet, the engine lost power and failed. The pilot attempted to make an emergency landing when the aircraft collided with trees and crashed in a wooded area located 18 km from its departure point. The pilot and all four passengers, a British family on vacations, were uninjured. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration XA-UHL, MSN 207-0261, year of manufacture 1974.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 20.6231°, -87.0760°.