# NTSB ENG23WA036: Airbus A320, Chihuahua, MX, Mexico, September 3, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 3, 2023, 14:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place: Chihuahua, MX, Mexico
- Location: 28.7026° N, 105.9638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at General Roberto Fierro Villalobos International Airport (MMCU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7026&lon=-105.9638&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 168 uninjured
- 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): 193030
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193030/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA036

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-VSE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (271N)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Vuela Compañia de Aviación, S.A.P.I. de C.V
- Registered owner: Vuela Compañia de Aviación, S.A.P.I. de C.V
- Airport: MMCU, Chihuahua International Airport

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.