ENG22WA023

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A320 · Mexico City, Mexico · April 9, 2022

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
April 9, 2022, 13:30 local (13:30 UTC)
Place
Mexico City, Mexico · Engine failure occurred at FL350 at start of descent
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
XA-VIJAirbus A320
Defining event
Enroute-descent: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Aviation Engineering Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Civil Aviation Federal Agency Mexico, Pratt & Whitney
Case key
105044

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.

Aircraft

Registration
XA-VIJ
Reported as
Airbus A320 (271N)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
8556
Built
2018
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
VIVA Aerobus
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Equipment
Unknown