- Date
- November 12, 2018, 20:16 local (20:16 UTC)
- Place
- Tampico, Mexico
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- XB-ILMCessna T206H
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98754
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On November 12, 2018, about 2016 UTC, a Mexican registered Cessna T206H airplane, XB-ILM, sustained substantial damage during a forced landing to a highway due to a loss of engine power near Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The pilot and passenger were not injured; however, during the emergency landing the aircraft collided with a motorcycle, causing fatal injuries to two people who were traveling on the motorcycle. The flight originated from the General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport (MMTM), Tampico,Tamaulipas, Mexico, and was en route to the General Lucio Blanco International Airport (MMRX), Reynosa, Tamaulipas, 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-ILM
- Reported as
- Cessna T206H
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial