- Date
- January 24, 2020, 03:25 local (03:25 UTC)
- Place
- Mexico City, Mexico
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N528VLAirbus A320
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 101001
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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Factual narrative
On January 24, 2020, an Airbus A320-271N neo, powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW1127G-JM geared turbofan engines, experienced a right (No. 2) engine failure while climbing through 11,500 feet after takeoff from the Mexico City Intentional Airport (MMMX). The airplane returned to MMMX where an uneventful landing was made; no injuries were reported to the passengers or crew. Post flight inspection found that the low pressure turbine stage 3 blades on the No. 2 engine were all fractured at various lengths. The Mexican Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) is conduction an Annex 13 investigation and the National Transportation Safety Board is participation as the State of Manufactured and Design of the engines.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N528VL
- Reported as
- Airbus A320 (271N)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7051
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney PW1127GA-JM, geared turbofanPratt & Whitney PW1127GA-JM, geared turbofan
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- Volaris
- Registered owner
- Wilmington Trust Co Trustee
- Departed
- MMMX · Mexico City
- Destination
- MMTJ · Tijuana
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Equipment
- Unknown
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