# NTSB ENG22WA023: Airbus A320, Mexico City, Mexico, April 9, 2022

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 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.
- Coordinates: 19.436111, -99.071944 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.4361&lon=-99.0719&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Civil Aviation Federal Agency Mexico, Pratt & Whitney
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105044
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG22WA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105044/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22WA023

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-VIJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (271N)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8556
- Year built: 2018
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: VIVA Aerobus
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Equipment: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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