# NTSB ENG23WA017: Airbus Helicopters MBB BK117, Tabasco, Mexico, October 1, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 1, 2022, 17:04 local (17:04 UTC)
- Place: Tabasco, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering-hover: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106661/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA017

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering-hover: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-NWY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS MBB BK117 (C2)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 9653
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Armed forces
- Operator: Secretaria De Marina Armada De MéXico
- Registered owner: Secretaria De Marina Armada De MéXico

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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