The Sculpin
Nomad
Posts: 401
Registered: 9-3-2002
Location: Back in the Saddle
Member Is Offline
Mood: Riding into the Sunset, looking for a sunrise.
|
|
Wreckage of small plane found in Mexico's Baja
By The Associated Press,
Saturday, September 25, 2010 at 7:14 p.m.
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico — Mexican authorities have sighted the wreckage of a small plane believed to have taken off from Los Angeles , California with
four people on board.
The wreckage has been found in the mountains of Baja California near its apparent destination, the resort of Cabo San Lucas.
City civil defense director Francisco Cota Marquez says rescuers have seen the wreckage from the air, and are trying to reach the remote area.
The overflight Saturday did not spot any of the people aboard, and there was no immediate confirmation of their nationalities or names. They are
believed to have been tourists.
Reports indicate the plane broke into two parts but did not apparently catch fire after hitting a mountain north of the resort.
The Associated Press
[Edited on 9-26-2010 by BajaNomad]
Whoa there, Cowboy - pull back on those reins!
|
|
BajaNomad
Super Administrator
Posts: 4999
Registered: 8-1-2002
Location: San Diego, CA
Member Is Offline
Mood: INTP-A
|
|
All are the same AP story for now...
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/sep/25/report-plane-...
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/world_news&am...
http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-plane-wreck-mexico,0,8...
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
https://www.regionalinternet.com
Affordable Domain Name Registration/Management & cPanel Web Hosting - since 1999
|
|
surfer jim
Super Nomad
Posts: 1891
Registered: 8-29-2003
Location: high desert
Member Is Offline
|
|
News last night showed a crash site in area near Loreto from what I could tell.
|
|
bajajudy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6886
Registered: 10-4-2004
Location: San Jose del Cabo,BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
These are the GPS coordinates of the wreckage as given in a local paper
23 33 56 al Norte y al 109 58 54 al Oeste.
|
|
dtbushpilot
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3290
Registered: 1-11-2007
Location: Buena Vista BCS
Member Is Offline
Mood: Tranquilo
|
|
Looks like Sierra La Laguna Biosphere, 20 miles as the crow flies west of me....dt
[Edited on 9-26-2010 by dtbushpilot]
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
|
|
Russ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6742
Registered: 7-4-2004
Location: Punta Chivato
Member Is Offline
|
|
Google Earth
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
|
|
BajaNews
Super Moderator
Posts: 1439
Registered: 12-11-2005
Member Is Offline
|
|
Calif. plane with 4 aboard crashes in Mexico
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/09/26/...
September 26, 2010
Authorities say a twin-engine plane that apparently departed from San Diego with four people aboard crashed in the mountains of Baja California.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says rescuers are attempting to hike to the wreckage Sunday. The fate of the passengers is
unknown.
A Mexican military helicopter spotted the wreckage of the Beechcraft Baron in steep and rugged terrain near Cabo San Lucas on Saturday. They were
unable to land.
Mexican officials said they believe four people were aboard.
Gregor says the plane is thought to have departed from San Diego to Los Cabos, Mexico, en route to Argentina.
The FAA website says Douglas Baker of Ukiah, Calif. is the plane's registered owner, but Gregor says investigators believe Baker recently sold it. A
phone number listed in his name was disconnected.
|
|
capt. mike
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8085
Registered: 11-26-2002
Location: Bat Cave
Member Is Offline
Mood: Sling time!
|
|
can anyone translate this in brief?
says they were headed to so. america.
i think he ran out of gas.
http://www.milenio.com/node/539361
SD to MMSL non stop in a baron with std tanks is iffy.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering
|
|
BajaNews
Super Moderator
Posts: 1439
Registered: 12-11-2005
Member Is Offline
|
|
Translation amounts to being the same as the following:
http://www.sandiego6.com/mostpopular/story/Twin-Engine-Plane...
Twin Engine Plane Departs San Diego and Crashes in Mexico
Last Update: 9/26 3:29 pm
SAN DIEGO - Authorities say a twin-engine plane that apparently departed from San Diego crashed in the mountains of Baja California.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says rescuers are attempting to hike to the crash site Sunday. The fate of those on board is
unknown.
Mexican military personnel in a helicopter spotted the wreckage of the Beechcraft Baron in steep and rugged terrain near Cabo San Lucas after the
crash Saturday. They were unable to land.
Gregor says it's not known how many people were on board.
The plane is believed to have departed from San Diego to Los Cabos, Mexico, en route to Argentina. There were reports that the plane broke apart but
did not catch fire after hitting the mountain.
|
|
Ken Bondy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3326
Registered: 12-13-2002
Member Is Offline
Mood: Mellow
|
|
Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
can anyone translate this in brief?
says they were headed to so. america.
i think he ran out of gas.
http://www.milenio.com/node/539361
SD to MMSL non stop in a baron with std tanks is iffy. |
mike I used to do San Diego or Mexicali nonstop to Punta Pescadero pretty regularly in my 95-A55 Baron. Mexicali to Pescadero is about 630nm. At
about 180 knots I would make it in under 4 hrs. I carried 136 gallons usable and burned about 25 gal/hr, so that gave me over an hour's reserve. On
the way back we would hop over to La Paz, fuel up and clear customs, and then fly nonstop to Calexico. I don't know the numbers on the newer Barons
but nonstop from the border to Los Cabos wasn't a problem in my old one.
carpe diem!
|
|
wilderone
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3824
Registered: 2-9-2004
Member Is Offline
|
|
Mike - I'm curious why they don't know more about who was on board - don't they have to list the names on flight plan, and check in when they cross
the border? The plan should be registered as well. If they know it was headed to Argentina, they should know who was on board. Is it feasible to fly
a plane like this to Argentina?
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64857
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Next of kin needs to be notified first, should there be no survivors.
|
|
capt. mike
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8085
Registered: 11-26-2002
Location: Bat Cave
Member Is Offline
Mood: Sling time!
|
|
DHS knows who was on the plane.
no, you can't take a baron non stop to Argentina.
me thinks they were on a long pl,easure trip with a stop in cabo.
if that was a 55 with std tanks non stop to CSL would be a stretch if VFR and if you hit any winds you'd know it enroute and stop at loreto 1st.
no post crash fire even tho a break up. reads like a gas run out to me.
they'll protect the names as DK says until all are notified.
bad deal for all.
no sense in speculating could have been a dozen things at play.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering
|
|
capt. mike
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8085
Registered: 11-26-2002
Location: Bat Cave
Member Is Offline
Mood: Sling time!
|
|
Two citizens from Argentina died on the Baron 55, registration XXXXX. The airplane was just purchased and it was on a ferry trip to Argentina.
It was found 60 miles from La Paz, it impacted a mountain. Mexican Marines on a helicopter found the wreckage.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
www.facebook.com/michael.l.goering
|
|
bajajudy
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6886
Registered: 10-4-2004
Location: San Jose del Cabo,BCS
Member Is Offline
|
|
Aerial video of the crash site
http://noticias.cabovision.tv/los-cabos-hoy/nota-principal/2...
[Edited on 9-28-2010 by bajajudy]
|
|