On Saturday, September 2nd, a Piper Pawnee pilot died when the plane broke up during a sharp pull-up for a gender reveal stunt in San Pedro, Mexico.
The video of the crash shows the plane approaching the expecting couple and spraying pink powder or fluid, indicating the birth of a girl. When the plane comes to a stop from a shallow dive overhead, the left wing folds into the fuselage and the plane crashes beyond the couple’s party location.
According to multiple reports, the victim has been identified as 32-year-old Luis Angel, who was discovered in the wreckage but later died in a hospital.
This is Mexico’s second fatal gender reveal crash in as many years. Two people were killed in April 2021 when the Cessna 206 they were flying in a gender reveal stunt crashed into the water in Cancun. Two Air Tractor passengers were unlucky when the plane slowed, stalled, and crashed during a gender reveal stunt in Texas. The pilot was unharmed, and one of the passengers received minor injuries.
