Five people, including a former mayor of Aguascalientes, lost their lives when a Cesna 205 airplane crashed into a remote and mountainous wooded area in the Jalisco municipality of San Sebastián Oeste, while en route to Puerto Vallarta Friday, June 5.
The accident claimed the lives of Adrián Ventura Dávila, three family members and the pilot, the Jalisco government confirmed. Ventura, a well-known notary public, served as interim mayor of Aguascalientes for one year in 2010.
Several reports said the pilot of the plane had been involved in a similar accident, also en route from Aguascalientes to Puerto Vallarta, in May 2019. In that incident, another Cesna crashed into a field in the community of San José del Valle, Nayarit near the River Ameca. The pilot and a crew member were the only ones on board, and neither were injured, according to debate.com.mx.