# NTSB DFW05WA114: Bell 407, La Primavera, Mexico, April 30, 2005

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 30, 2005, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: La Primavera, Mexico
- Coordinates: 20.668056, -103.577774
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.6681&lon=-103.5778&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: San Antonio, Texas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 61398
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW05WA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61398/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05WA114

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-RRV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bell 407
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Helivan, doing business as Helivan Helicopters
- Departed: MGDL, Guadalajara
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 270° at 20 knots
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F

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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