CEN16WA402

NTSB accident investigation · Bell 206 · Mexico City, Mexico · May 8, 2016

Accident · Serious injuriesForeign investigation
Date
May 8, 2016
Place
Mexico City, Mexico
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N531RRBell 206
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
98694

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N531RR
Reported as
Bell 206 (B)
Category
Helicopter
Serial number
0839
Damage
Substantial damage
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown
Equipment
Unknown

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.