Cessna 402 XC-HAQ

Summary

On 17 October 2008 at about 18:15 local time, a Cessna 402 registered XC-HAQ, operated by Goberno Del Estado De Baja California, was involved in an accident near Monterrey, Mexico. 3 people were on board and 3 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 October 2008 at 18:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Monterrey, Mexico

Nearest airport

Del Norte International (MMAN)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 402

Registration

XC-HAQ

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Goberno Del Estado De Baja California

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Monterrey → La Paz

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CEN09WA022

3 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On October 17, 2008, a Cessna 402C with Mexican Registration XC-HAQ departed on Runway 02 from Del Norte Airport (MMAN), near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico at 1308 central daylight time (CDT) and was on climb out to cruise when radar contact was lost at 1315. The aircraft was found at approximately 1820 in a mountainous region near the village of Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The Cessna was owned and operated by the state government of Baja California Sur and was on a cross country flight to La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. A visual flight rules flight plan had been filed. The pilot, copilot and one passenger were fatally injured. The airplane was located by search and rescue and found to have impacted impacted a vertical face on Cerro Del Fraile Mountain, at approximately 5,700 feet Mean Sea Level, 11 nautical miles from the point of departure, on an approximate magnetic heading of 254 degrees. Altitude required to clear the mountain was a minimum of 7,000 feet mean sea level. Local air traffic controllers had cleared the Cessna to a heading of 254 degrees after take off, to climb to 12,500 feet, and maintain visual meteorological conditions. Weather at the time was reported to be a broken ceiling at 3000 feet. The investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Government of the Republic of Mexico. Any further information may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) Providencia 807, Cuarto Piso Colonia del Valle, Codigo Postal 03100 Mexico, D.F. This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by, or obtained from the DGAC of the Republic of Mexico.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.