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Family lost in Cessna Disappearance in Puerto Rico Day Trip

What: Ernesto Ortiz(private owner) Cessna A185F Skywagon en route from Culebra to Ponce Mercedita
Where: 1 mile from Yabucoa Puerto Rico
When: July 1, 2011
Who: 5 aboard
Why: When the plane failed to reach its destination, a search began for the lost Cessna. It was apparently lost in a storm.

The family was visiting from Hapeville Georgia and had flown to Puerto Rico for a day trip.

The missing were identified as Antonio Torregrosa Sánchez, 65, pilot of the ship, Sonia Torregrosa Torres (68 years), Edd Diorio (58), Rosarito Villa Gomez (19 years) and Mario Villa Gomez, 13. Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne and response boats from the San Juan boat station have continued to search, along with local authorities and Puerto Rican Emergency Management. The Federal Aviation Administration tracked the plane’s radar history to its last point of contact, approximately a mile off the Yabacoa coast. Only the remains of Maria have been found.

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