- Date
- November 22, 2017, 14:37 local (22:37 UTC)
- Place
- La Morita, Mexico
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- XC-TIJMD Helicopter 369HS
- Defining event
- Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Low altitude operation/event
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- MD Helicopters, Rolls Royce, Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC)
- Case key
- 96418
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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 November 22, 2017, about 1437 pacific standard time, a MD Helicopters 369HS single-engine helicopter, serial number 920414S, Mexican registration XC-TIJ, crashed while providing aerial support for police activity near La Morita, Mexico. The pilot and his passenger were fatally injured. The local flight departed Tijuana International Airport (MMTJ), near Tijuana, Mexico.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 (DGAC) Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Boulevard Adolfo López Mateos No. 1990, piso 4 Colonia Los Alpes, Tlacopac Delegación Álvaro Obregón Codigo Postal 01010 Ciudad de México México Telephone: (55) 5011-6413 E-mail: cidaiac@sct.gob.mx Website: http://www.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-medicina-preventiva/aeronautica-civil/inicio/
Aircraft
- Registration
- XC-TIJ
- Reported as
- MD Helicopter 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 920414S
- Engine
- Rolls Royce 250-C20B, 420 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator
- City of Tijuana
- Registered owner
- City of Tijuana
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Departed
- MMTJ · Tijuana
- Destination
- MMTJ · Tijuana
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Equipment
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day