# NTSB CEN20WA045: Cessna 208, San Rafael, Mexico, December 24, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 24, 2019, 15:29 local (15:29 UTC)
- Place: San Rafael, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100741
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN20WA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100741/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20WA045

## Factual narrative

On December 24, 2019, about 1529 coordinated universal time, a Cessna 208B airplane, XA-TWN, impacted desert terrain near San Rafael, Sonoroa, Mexico, while enroute to the Guerrero Negro Airport (MMGR), Baja California, Mexico. The two occupants sustained fatal injuries, and the airplane was destroyed. 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 Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil (AFAC). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AFAC investigation under the provisions of International Civil Aviation Organization Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the airframe. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Agencia Federal de Aviacion Civil – AFAC Direccion de Analisis de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviacion Boulevard Adolfo Lopez Mateos, #1990, piso 4, Col. Los Alpes, Tlacopac Delegacion Alvaro Obregon, C.P. 01010, Ciudad de Mexico Telephone: (55) 5011-6413 E-Mail: cidaiac@sct.gob.mx Website: https://ts.sct.gob.mx/transporte-y-medicina-preventiva/aeronautica-civil/inicio/

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-TWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., 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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