# NTSB GAA22WA039: Cessna 401, Tapachula, Mexico, October 19, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 19, 2021, 12:16 local (12:16 UTC)
- Place: Tapachula, Mexico
- Coordinates: 14.808, -92.342
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=14.8080&lon=-92.3420&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: 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): 104359
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA039
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104359/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA039

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: 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-RQE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- Category: Airplane
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airport: MMTP, Tapachula International Airport

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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