# NTSB CEN17WA289: Cessna U206, Culiacan, Mexico, July 23, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 23, 2017, 18:35 local (18:35 UTC)
- Place: Culiacan, Mexico
- Coordinates: 24.758611, -107.47138 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.7586&lon=-107.4714&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: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95690
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN17WA289
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95690/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17WA289

## 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: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-MUM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206 (G)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U20606725
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: 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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