# NTSB FTW03WA020: Bell 430, Jalapa, Mexico, October 19, 2002

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 18, 2002, 19:30 local (Oct 19, 2002, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Jalapa, Mexico
- Coordinates: 19.583333, -96.569442
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.5833&lon=-96.5694&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: San Antonio, Texas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 55958
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW03WA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/55958/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03WA020

## Aircraft

- Registration: XC-DPC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bell 430
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Executive/Corporate, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Government of the State of Veracruz
- Departed: VERACRUZ
- Destination: JALAPA
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)
- Visibility: 0.5 statute miles

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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