Tapachula – Ocosingo

On October 19, 2021 at 07:12 AM, Tapachula – Ocosingo experienced a crash involving Cessna 401, operated by Servicios Mubarqui, with the event recorded near Tapachula Chiapas.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Tapachula Airport Runway 05, while in initial climb, the pilot reported engine problems when control was lost. The aircraft crashed in a mango plantation. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration XB-RQE, MSN 401-0268, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 14.9101°, -92.3261°.