- Date
- May 9, 2017, 14:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- San Vicente Tancoayalab, Mexico
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N116DCCessna P210N
- Defining event
- Enroute: Nav system malfunction/failure
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 95228
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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 May 9, 2017, about 1430 universal coordinated time, a Cessna P210N airplane, N116DC, impacted trees and terrain during an emergency descent near San Vicente Tancoayalab, Mexico, following lightning strikes during cruise. The pilot was seriously injured and the airplane was destroyed during the impact. The aircraft originated from the General Juan Alvarez International Airport, near Acapulco, Mexico, and was destined for the Mc Allen Miller International Airport, near Mc Allen, Texas. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC). This report is for informational purposes only and contains information released by or obtained from the government of the Mexico.Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Providencia No. 807 - 6o piso Colonia del Valle Codigo Postal 03100 México, D.F. Mexico
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116DC
- Reported as
- Cessna P210N (N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P21000811
- Engine
- Cont Motor TSIO-520-AF, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner
- Curtis Leasing Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot