# NTSB CEN19WA012: Cessna 150M, La Paz, Mexico, October 16, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 16, 2018, 18:06 local (18:06 UTC)
- Place: La Paz, Mexico
- Coordinates: 24.072778, -110.362503
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.0728&lon=-110.3625&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98517
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98517/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA012

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: 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

The government of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a CESSNA 150M airplane that occurred on October 16, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Mexico.

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-ODX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15075810
- Engines: reciprocating
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Escuela de Aviación y Adiestramiento S.A. de C.V
- Registered owner: Escuela de Aviación y Adiestramiento S.A. de C.V
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Departed: MMLP, La Paz
- Destination: MMLP, La Paz
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: MMLP
- Equipment: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 10° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
- Observed at: MMLP

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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