# NTSB GAA26WA309: Bell 412, Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico, September 8, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 8, 2026, 16:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place: Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico
- Coordinates: 18.652615, -91.802159 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.6526&lon=-91.8022&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- 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): 203793
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA26WA309
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203793/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA26WA309

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Not determined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000): Not determined › Not determined · Other authority investigated (probable cause); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,247 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/05000000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-EHJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL 412 (EP)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T-3D 900 horsepower turbo shaft; Pratt & 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

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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