# NTSB CEN09WA286: Cessna 340, Veracruz, Mexico, May 7, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 7, 2009, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Veracruz, Mexico
- Coordinates: 19.193056, -96.194442 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.1931&lon=-96.1944&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Cessna Aircraft Corportation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73810
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA286
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73810/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA286

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On May 5, 2009 at about 0900 central daylight time a Cessna 340, Mexican Registration XB-CUC crashed while returning to land after takeoff at General Heriberto Jara Corona International Airport, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. The pilot requested to return to the airport shortly after takeoff and was cleared to land by the tower. The pilot and 2 passengers were fatally injured and 1 passenger sustained serious injuries. The flight had a planned destination of McAllen, Texas. A technical adviser from Cessna Aircraft traveled to Veracruz, Mexico to assist in the DGAC Investigation. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) Direccion General de Aeronutica Civil (DGAC) Col. san Juan de Arrgon, 3-seccion Del. Venustiano Carrabza Mexico, D.F, Mexico c.p. 15620 Telephone: 55-2598-0138

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-CUC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Teledyne Continental Motors TSIO-520 reciprocating; Teledyne Continental Motors TSIO-520 reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Business, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MMVR, Veracruz
- Destination: KMFE, McAllen, TX
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MMVR, General Heriberto Jara Corona

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; foreign; medical: unknown, unknown
- Co-pilot; injuries: fatal; medical: unknown, unknown; seat: right

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 29.84 inHg
- Observed at: MMVR

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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