Canadian-registered Cessna 182Q Skylane, down in Mexico

[W5]

Fatal accident...
(1/April/2021)
- Mexico :
A private Canadian-registered Cessna 182Q Skylane, registration C-GBQA, impacted the terrain under unknown circumstances about 15 minutes after takeoff from Querétaro Intercontinental Airport (QRO/MMQT), near Madroño, Pinal de Amoles, Sierra Gorda, Mexico.
The airplane was destroyed and the sole pilot onboard, a Canadian national, perished.
- Flightaware:
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/CGBQA

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[broken_slinky]

He was a well known pilot from the Windsor area. No solid details of what happened yet. Condolences to the family. His name has not been released yet so I'll leave it at that.
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/249382

[pelmet]

It used to be pretty much impossible to get Mexican accident reports. Even a very knowledgeable Mexican pilot that I knew and who was familiar with the details of many accidents around the world didn’t know how to access them(I offered to look into I for Simon Hradkey of the aviation Herald).

But now there seems to be a link to Mexican government under the Accident Board like links..... http://www.sct.gob.mx/index.php?id=2306

Maybe somebody can look into whether it is useful for Mexican aircraft accident reports.

[Carlos de Anda]

Since our corrupt AFAC (Mexican aviation authority) most probably won't do any investigation at all, here's a summary of the information available online:

- From Flightaware it seems like he was maintaining an altitude of around 8000ft (+/- 500ft) until the very last minute in which the plane climbs (and the speed decreases).


- From a GOES-16 satellite image at the time of the accident, it seems that the area over the sierra was IMC


- From Google Earth and a Mexican VFR Chart you can tell there's lots of high terrain




The Sierra Gorda is one of the most beautiful natural parks in central Mexico but also a very tricky area to fly over, specially if the weather is marginal and the density altitude is high (temperatures in the area range between 20-25 degrees Celsius this time of the year)

It's always sad to hear that one of our colleagues dies in an accident, but at least we can try to learn about what happened and hopefully avoid putting ourselves in the same situation.

May his soul RIP

[W5]

Thanks for the information.