- Date
- October 15, 2010, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Minatitlan Veracruz, Mexico
- Injuries
- 8 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- XA-IURBell 212
- Defining event
- Enroute: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 77806
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Flight control sys malf/failAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The government of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BELL 212 helicopter that occurred on October 15, 2010. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Mexico.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XA-IUR
- Reported as
- Bell 212 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown