DCA23WA291

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A320-233 · Monterrey, Mexico · May 11, 2023

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
May 11, 2023
Place
Monterrey, Mexico
Injuries
119 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
N518VLAirbus A320-233
Defining event
Approach: Windshear or thunderstorm
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
192204

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N518VL
Reported as
Airbus A320-233
Category
Airplane
Serial number
5488
Built
2013
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
Volaris
Registered owner
Wells Fargo Trust Co Na Trustee

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.