# NTSB DCA10RA053: Airbus A300B4-203, Monterrey, Mexico, April 14, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 13, 2010, 23:00 local (Apr 14, 2010, 06:00 UTC)
- Place: Monterrey, Mexico
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 6 fatal; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75753
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10RA053
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75753/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10RA053

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200); cases with it: [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Analysis

At 2300 local time on April 13, 2010, an Airbus A300-200, Mexican registration XA-TUE, crashed on approach to Monterrey, Mexico. The airplane was destroyed, 5 crewmembers and one person on the ground, were killed. Rain showers and cumulonimbus clouds were reported in the area. This accident is being investigated by the Mexican Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil DGAC (www.sct.gob.mx)

## Factual narrative

At 2300 local time on April 13, 2010, an Airbus A300-200, Mexican registration XA-TUE, crashed on approach to Monterrey, Mexico. The airplane was destroyed, and 5 crewmembers and one person on the ground were killed. Rain showers and cumulonimbus clouds were reported in the area. The accident is being investigated by the Mexican Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (DGAC). The NTSB designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to the DGAC's investigation under the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the engines. All inquiries should be directed to: Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes Providencia No. 807 — 6° piso Colonia del Valle Codigo Postal 03100 México, D.F. Mexico Website: www.sct.gob.mx

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-TUE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B4-203
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 078
- Engines: GE CF6 turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Aero Union
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MMMX, Mexico City
- Destination: MMMY, Monterrey
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MMMY, Monterrey, runway 11

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night
- Wind: 110° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 600 ft broken
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Observed at: MMTY, 1 nm away

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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