- Date
- September 8, 2026, 16:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place
- Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- XA-EHJBell 412
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 203793
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Findings · 1
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Not determinedAll aircraft: 2,247 casesProbable cause
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Unknown or undeterminedAll aircraft: 1,703 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- XA-EHJ
- Reported as
- Bell 412 (EP)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D, 900 horsepower, turbo shaftPratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D, 900 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Business · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Unknown
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- MMCE · Ciudad del Carmen Int'l Airport
- Equipment
- Unknown
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.91 inHg
- Observed at
- MMCE
- METAR
- METAR MMCE 082226Z 02008KT 5SM -RA SCT010 BKN040 29/24 A2991 RMK 8/300