# NTSB ENG25WA020: Airbus A320, Monterrey, Mexico, January 25, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 25, 2025, 21:44 local (21:44 UTC)
- Place: Monterrey, Mexico · FL150 during climb from MTY.
- Coordinates: 25.782211, -100.1097 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7822&lon=-100.1097&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 115 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): 199664
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG25WA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199664/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA020

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-VAY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (232)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8027
- Year built: 2018
- Damage: No damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: VIVA Aerobus

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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