# NTSB CEN16WA402: Bell 206, N531RR, Mexico City, Mexico, May 8, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 8, 2016
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico
- Coordinates: 19.175798, -98.991794 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.1758&lon=-98.9918&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98694
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN16WA402
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98694/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16WA402

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [Bell 206B, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md?model=1181511), [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N531RR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N531RR-2019-03-09), registration cancelled 2019-03-09, S/N 839, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 206 (B)
- Registry model: [Bell 206B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-206b) (registry code 1181511) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce 250-C20](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20) (registry code 54178, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 0839
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- 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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