# NTSB CEN19WA040: Cessna U206, Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, December 3, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 3, 2018, 00:04 local (00:04 UTC)
- Place: Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
- Coordinates: 24.844999, -107.43055
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.8450&lon=-107.4305&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal, 2 serious; on the ground: 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA040

## 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 (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Uncontrolled descent: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-NGU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U206 (G)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: U206-0420
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Jorge Ivan Joya de la Cruz
- Registered owner: Jorge Ivan Joya de la Cruz
- Airworthiness certificate: Unknown
- Airport: Culiacan, Sinaloa Mexico
- Equipment: Unknown

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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