Overview

• The Nuevo León prosecutor’s office reported toxicology findings showing instructor-pilot Bryan Ballesteros Argueta tested positive for alcohol and marijuana, while Débora Estrella tested negative.
• Authorities emphasized the presence of substances does not by itself establish the cause of the September 20 Cessna 150 crash in García.
• The Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil is reviewing a maneuver in which the pilot told the tower he would return to the runway, briefly left to look for another aircraft, and then resumed the flight.
• The state investigation will be forwarded to the federal Fiscalía General de la República, which will evaluate technical scenarios including possible prop wash from a nearby helicopter.
• CEAM, the flight school that operated the training flight, said it is cooperating with investigators as they work to determine what led to the fatal accident.