# NTSB CEN19WA077: Rans S12, Bavispe, Mexico, January 26, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 26, 2019, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Bavispe, Mexico
- Coordinates: 30.359722, -108.92527
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3597&lon=-108.9253&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98930
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN19WA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98930/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN19WA077

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)
- [Enroute: Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270); cases with it: [All aircraft, 346 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md)
- [Enroute: 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: UNREG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RANS S12
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Mr. Alvin Cedric Miller
- Registered owner: Mr. Alvin Cedric Miller
- Departed: Bavispe Sanora
- Destination: Bavispe Sanora
- Flight plan: Unknown
- 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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