Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards International Field Office; Dallas, Texas
Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances and destroyed by fire.
Date: 23-MAY-22
Time: 18:29:00Z
Regis#: N66CG
Aircraft Make: SMITH
Aircraft Model: AEROSTAR 601P
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 2
Flight Crew: 1 fatal
Pax: 1 fatal
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: DESTROYED
City: CEBALLOS
State: DURANGO
Country: MEXICO
Isn't this the same type of plane Tom Cruise used to fly contraband out of jungles in the movie 'American Made'?
ReplyDeleteThat was a 600. https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=American_Made
DeleteNo but that one also crashed, with messy lawsuits following.
Deletehttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/two-dead-a-tom-cruise-movie-shoot-a-plane-crash-colombia-lawsuits-a-survivor-speaks-1021934/
DeleteNo indication that the crash was right after takeoff, making the typical misfuel with jet-A less likely to be the cause.
ReplyDeleteNews report, photo:
https://www.fsmex.com/foros/index.php?threads/un-piper-aerostar-601p-se-estrell%C3%B3-en-circunstancias-desconocidas-en-un-campo-cerca-de-la-presa-pe%C3%B1a-del-%C3%81guila-15-km-al-noroeste-del-aeropuerto-de-d.68081/
ADS-B captures include the aircraft leaving El Paso for Mexico on 19 January and making flights within Mex airspace ever since. A December 20th short flight local to Nantucket followed a December 18 El Paso to New Bedford flight. Some short loop flights show up locally at the El Paso home base in October. Summer 2021 also shows Mex internal flights.
Flightaware shows 360 turn not long before crash:
Deletehttps://flightaware.com/live/flight/N66CG/history/20220523/2151Z/MMCY/L%2024.23103%20-104.67911