# NTSB CEN18WA327: Columbia LC41-550FG, Vallecillos, Mexico, July 4, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 4, 2018, 19:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place: Vallecillos, Mexico
- Coordinates: 26.603332, -99.993614
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6033&lon=-99.9936&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98057
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA327
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98057/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA327

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 4, 2018, about 1910 UTC, a Mexican registered Columbia LC41-550FG airplane, XB-OHG, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing due to a loss of engine power near Vallecillos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The pilot was not injured. The flight originated from the Laredo International Airport (KLRD), Laredo, Texas, and was en route to Culiacan International Airport (MMCL), Culiacan, Mexico. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) Direccion General de Aeronutica Civil (DGAC) Col Narvarte, Del. Benito Juárez Mexico, D.F, Mexico c.p. 15620 Tel: (55)57239300

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-OHG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: COLUMBIA LC41-550FG
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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