# NTSB CEN19WA041: Cessna T206H, Tampico, Mexico, November 12, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 12, 2018, 20:16 local (20:16 UTC)
- Place: Tampico, Mexico
- 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: 2 fatal, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98754
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98754/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA041

## 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)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T206H
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial

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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