CEN18WA110

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 182 · El Pozo, Mexico · February 12, 2018

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
February 12, 2018, 18:15 local (18:15 UTC)
Place
El Pozo, Mexico
Injuries
2 fatal
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
XB-HRGCessna 182
Defining event
Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
96806

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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 February 12, 2018, about 1815 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 182B airplane, Mexican registration XB-HRG, crashed in a field under unknown circumstances near El Pozo, Mexico. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The local flight originated from an airport in El Pozo. 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
XB-HRG
Reported as
Cessna 182 (B)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
51628
Damage
Substantial damage
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., non-commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Unknown