[4][5] By 1 June 2021, searchers had recovered both aircraft engines, a significant portion of the fuselage, and unidentified human remains.

On 22 March 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the cause of the accident was "the pilot's loss of airplane control during climb due to spatial disorientation."

This occurred because Lara was experiencing a type of spatial disorientation, a somatogravic illusion, and he probably did not effectively use his instruments during takeoff and climb.

As a result, Lara most likely experienced a high workload managing the flight profile, which would have had a negative effect on his performance.

The NTSB investigation reviewed Lara's pilot training in the CE-500-type aircraft and reported that at the end of a 12-day series of training sessions at a flight school in January 2020, "the pilot did not meet the requisite performance level to attempt the CE-500 type rating check ride."