# NTSB CEN16WA144: Cessna 208, Tayoltita, Dgo, Mexico, Mexico, April 1, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 1, 2016, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Tayoltita, Dgo, Mexico, Mexico
- Coordinates: 24.184165, -105.786666 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.1842&lon=-105.7867&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 7 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92964
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA144
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92964/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA144

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On April 1, 2016, about 0900 local time, a Cessna 208B single engine airplane, serial number 208B2104, registry XA-ULU, was substantially damaged during an off-airport forced landing near Tayoltita, San Dimas, Durango, Mexico. There were ten persons on-board and three of those persons were fatally injured. The airplane had departed from Tayoltita (TAY), and was enroute to Durango (DGO). The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: SCT – DGAC Boulevard Adolfo López Mateos N° 1990, Los Alpes Tlacopac, Delegación Álvaro Obregón México, D.F. C.P.01010

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-ULU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 208B2104
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Aéreo Servicios Especializados S. A. de C. V.
- Registered owner: Aéreo Servicios Especializados S. A. de C. V.
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: TAY, Tayoltita
- Destination: DGO, Durango
- Equipment: Unknown

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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