Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crash, Oct 14, 2013 (14 killed)
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan accident on October 14, 2013 near Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico with 14 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: October 14, 2013
- Aircraft: Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- Location: Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Fatalities: 14
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot became spatially disoriented while flying in heavy rain and poor visibility associated with tropical storm Octave; an ICAO-hosted report also cites incomplete weather information and continued flight in adverse conditions.
On 14 October 2013 a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan operated by Aereo Servicios Guerrero left Loreto, Baja California Sur, for Ciudad Constitucion with 13 passengers and a pilot, in poor weather from tropical storm Octave. About six minutes after takeoff, at about 3,900 ft, it struck a rocky mountain slope in the Sierra de La Giganta. The aircraft broke up on impact, killing all 14 occupants; the wreckage was found two days later.