IAI 1124 Westwind crash, Feb 24, 2005 (7 killed), El Deva...
IAI 1124 Westwind accident on February 24, 2005 near El Devanador, Michoacán, Mexico with 7 fatalities. Cause: Sudden descent in cruise and loss of...
- Date: February 24, 2005
- Aircraft: IAI 1124 Westwind
- Location: El Devanador, Michoacán, Mexico
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Sudden descent in cruise and loss of control attributed to flight control problems, with a possible horizontal stabilizer actuator failure among the candidate causes
A Westwind carrying the Colima state governor, five officials and two pilots left Toluca for Colima and, after reporting control problems, entered an uncontrolled descent into mountainous terrain near El Devanador. All seven aboard died. Preliminary findings pointed to flight control and stabilizer problems, but these were listed as possible causes.