# NTSB CEN18WA343: Piper PA25, Namiquipa, Mexico, August 1, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 1, 2018, 09:56 local (15:56 UTC)
- Place: Namiquipa, Mexico
- Coordinates: 29.250278, -107.409164 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2503&lon=-107.4092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98109
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN18WA343
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98109/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA343

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-low-alt flying: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 290 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On August 1, 2018, about 0956 hours mountain daylight time, a Piper PA-25-235 single-engine airplane, serial number 25-4177, Mexican registration XB-FMA, crashed in an agricultural field near Namiquipa, Mexico. The pilot was fatally injured. The local aerial application flight had departed Namiquipa, Mexico, at an undetermined time.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-FMA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25 (235)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-4177
- Engines: Lycoming O-540-B2B5 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)
- Departed: Namiquipa
- Destination: Namiquipa
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; injuries: fatal; seat: single

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day

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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