# NTSB ENG16RA011: Airbus A320, Mexico City, Mexico, March 13, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 13, 2016
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92855
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG16RA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92855/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG16RA011

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Dirección General de Aviación Civil of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a AIRBUS A320-233 that occurred on March 13, 2016. The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the DGAC investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the engine. All investigative information will be released by: Dirección General de Aviación Civil of Mexico, Dirección de Analisis de Accidentes e Incidente de Aviación Secretaria de Communicasiones y Transportes Blvd Adolfo Lopez Mateos 1990, Col. Los Alpes Tlacopac, Delegación Alvaro Obregon, Mexico D.F., C.P. 01010 Investigator In Charge: Capt. Oscar Roberto Chapa Rivera Tel: 55 57239300 ext. 18548 E-mail: ochapari@sct.gob.mx

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-VLD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (233)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Volaris

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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