- Date
- August 20, 2018, 23:40 local (23:40 UTC)
- Place
- Guadalajara, Mexico
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N520AMBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Enroute: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98223
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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 government of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on August 20, 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
- N520AM
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (81Q)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29052
- Engines
- Cfm Intl CFM56-7B26, 11,521 horsepower, turbo fanCfm Intl CFM56-7B26, 11,521 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Aeromexico
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Co Trustee
- 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.