# NTSB FTW99WA109: Bell UH1-B, N64CC, Mexico City, Mexico, April 5, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 4, 1999, 18:20 local (Apr 5, 1999, 00:20 UTC)
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46030
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW99WA109
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46030/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99WA109

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N64CC](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64CC-2022-01-08), registration cancelled 2022-01-08, S/N 62-1894 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Bell UH1-B
- Registry model: [Bell UH-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1b) (registry code 1181410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming T-53 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-53-series) (registry code 41549, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: San Joaquin Helicopters, Inc.
- Departed: CULIACAN
- Destination: MEX
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N123SJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123SJ-2014-09-10), registration cancelled 2014-09-10, S/N 716, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Bell UH1-B
- Registry model: [Bell UH-1B](https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-uh-1b) (registry code 1181410) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming T-53 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t-53-series) (registry code 41552, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Operator: San Joaquin Helicopters, Inc.
- Departed: CULIACAN
- Destination: MEX
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none

## Other investigations on N64CC (1)

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.

- [NTSB FTW04WA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW04WA173), Jun 12, 2004: Bell UH-1B (N64CC), Las Bocas, Mexico, substantial damage

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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