# NTSB FTW04WA066: McDonnell Douglas MD-11, Mexico City, Mexico, January 26, 2004

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 26, 2004, 16:07 local (22:07 UTC)
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 193 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: San Antonio, Texas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 58676
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW04WA066
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58676/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04WA066

## Aircraft

- Registration: PP-VTF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: McDonnell Douglas MD-11
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Varig Airlines, doing business as Air Carrier
- Departed: GRU, Sao Paolo
- Destination: MEX, Mexico City

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 70 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter: 30.20 inHg
- Observed at: MMMX

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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