Overview
- The NTSB issued a preliminary factual report and said the probable cause will be determined later.
- Six were killed and two seriously injured on the Mexican Navy Beechcraft B300 flying a humanitarian medical mission from Mérida to Galveston.
- Weather data cited heavy fog with about one‑quarter‑mile visibility and vertical visibility near 200 feet during the approach.
- Communications reflected confusion, including an altitude readback of “two three thousand” and a mistaken belief the flight was cleared to land rather than to fly the RNAV 14 approach.
- Radar showed a U‑turn over the bay and a descent to 275 feet about three miles from the airport, and witnesses reported power changes consistent with an attempted go‑around before impact in 5–10 feet of water about a half‑mile offshore.