- Date
- July 11, 2018, 16:46 local (16:46 UTC)
- Place
- Chichen Itza, Mexico
- Injuries
- 131 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N802WADouglas DC9
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 97828
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
The Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Douglas DC9 airplane that occurred on July 11, 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
- N802WA
- Reported as
- Douglas DC9 (83)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53052
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- World Atlantic Leasing Llc
- Registered owner
- World Atlantic Leasing Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N802WA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.