PHARR, TX, USA
XBANR
CESSNA 206
THE AIRCRAFT IS MEXICAN REGISTERED AND WAS BEING FLOWN BY A MEXICAN NATIONAL, FROM MCALLEN TX. TO TUXPAN VER. MEXICO. ITS CARGO WAS TELEVISION SETS. ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AFTER DEPARTING MCALLEN THE PILOT REPORTED A POWER LOSS AND THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO THE AIRPORT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A POWER POLE AND HOUSE AND COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. IT THEN CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. THE REASON FOR THE REPORTED ENGINE FAILURE IS UNKNOWN.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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