Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mira... crash, Jan 5, 2024 (4 killed)
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class) accident on January 5, 2024 near Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico with 4 fatalities. Cause: No official...
- Date: January 5, 2024
- Aircraft: Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
- Location: Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: No official cause published. A preliminary presumption of fuel exhaustion, with a sudden left turn and loss of control on final approach.
A Piper Malibu from Matamoros entered a sudden left turn on final approach to runway 35 at Plan de Guadalupe airport near Saltillo, hit the ground in an open field about 200 meters short of the threshold and was destroyed. The pilot and three women, relatives of a former mayor of Matamoros, died. A preliminary presumption pointed to fuel exhaustion.