# NTSB ENG24WA019: Boeing 737-852, N825AM, Merida, Mexico, May 16, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 16, 2024, 17:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Merida, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: 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: FAA, Boeing
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194492
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG24WA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194492/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG24WA019

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N825AM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N825AM), registered now, S/N 36699, built 2014 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-852
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-852](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-852) (registry code 13844FM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56-7B27E series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (registry code 13078, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36699
- Year built: 2014
- Engines: CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E 27300 lbs thrust turbo fan; CFM INTL CFM56-7B27E (ESN 660273) 27300 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aerovias De Mexico S.A De C.V, doing business as Aeromexico
- Registered owner: Wells Fargo Trust Co Na Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MMMD, MERIDA, OF
- Destination: MMMX, Mexico City, OF
- Flight plan: IFR
- 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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