# NTSB GAA21WA003: Piper PA25, Juan Jose Rios, Mexico, October 9, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 9, 2020, 15:08 local (15:08 UTC)
- Place: Juan Jose Rios, Mexico
- Coordinates: 25.4832, -108.4544
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4832&lon=-108.4544&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102261
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA21WA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102261/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA003

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XB-OKQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25 (235)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Luis Felipe Canela Hinojosa

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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