- Date
- December 10, 2015
- Place
- Salinas Victoria, Mexico
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- XB-GRGEnstrom 280
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 92465
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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.
Factual narrative
On December 10, 2015, about 1710 universal coordinated time, an Enstrom 280FX helicopter, XB-GRG, sustained substantial damage on impact with terrain near Salenas Victoria, Mexico. The pilot sustained a serious injury and the two passengers were uninjured. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of Mexico. Further information may be obtained from: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC) 9 Ave, 14-75 Aeropuerto Internacional La Aurora zona 13 01000-Guatemala City, Guatemala This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the DGAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XB-GRG
- Reported as
- Enstrom 280 (FX)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 2069
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- Unknown