# NTSB ENG26WA012: Airbus A320, Querétaro, Mexico, December 29, 2025

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 29, 2025, 02:20 local (02:20 UTC)
- Place: Querétaro, Mexico · MMQT airport lat/long
- Coordinates: 20.639574, -100.18867 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.6396&lon=-100.1887&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Pratt & Whitney, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202236
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG26WA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202236/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG26WA012

## Sequence of events

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

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

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-VAC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (232)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3437
- Year built: 2008
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney V2527-A5 18000 lbs thrust turbo fan; Pratt & Whitney V2527-A5 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Viva AeroBus
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: MMMY, Monteray

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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