ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 319271
| Date: | Tuesday 24 December 2019 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Cessna 208B Grand Caravan |
| Owner/operator: | Calafia Airlines |
| Registration: | XA-TWN |
| MSN: | 208B0931 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Tastiota -
 Mexico
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hermosillo-Gen Pesqueira Garcia Airport (HMO/MMHO) |
| Guerrero Negro Airport (GUB/MMGR) |
Calafia Airlines flight A7872, took off from Hermosillo, Mexico, at around 07:00 LT (GMT-7) in the direction of Guerrero Negro Airport, where it should have landed at 08:10 LT (GMT-7).
After takeoff, flying over the Sea of Cortez approximately 89 kilometers (48 nautical miles) from the departure airport, contact with the aircraft was lost. The aircraft was later found to have crashed on a hillside at the coast, some 80 kilometers from Hermosillo.
Sources:
transponder1200.com
tribunadeloscabos.com.mx
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