# NTSB DCA18WA155: Boeing 737, Mexico, April 18, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 18, 2018, 00:40 local (00:40 UTC)
- Place: Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 115 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97092
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA155
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97092/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA155

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on April 18, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Mexico.

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-UQA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 23452
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Grupo Aero Monterrey SA de CV
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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