# NTSB CEN19WA038: Piper PA25, Pachuca, Mexico, Mexico, November 8, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 8, 2018, 16:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place: Pachuca, Mexico, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98728
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98728/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA038

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a PIPER PA25 airplane that occurred on November 08, 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-FRC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25 (235)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25-7405574
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Armed forces
- Operator: Ejido el Mezquital
- Registered owner: Ejido el Mezquital
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Destination: Pachuca

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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