- Date
- October 4, 2026, 18:45 local (Oct 5, 2026, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Los Mezquites, Mexico · 21.164528° -104.253972°
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- XB-BARCessna 501
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- DAAIA, Textron Aviation
- Case key
- 203941
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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
- XB-BAR
- Reported as
- Cessna 501 (CITATION)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 501-0202
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Fire at unknown time
- Flight
- Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Departed
- MMTP · Tepic, OF
- Destination
- MMAS · Aguascalientes, OF
Weather
- Wind
- 90° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- MMEP, 36 nm away
- METAR
- METAR MMEP 050140Z 09004KT 3SM DZ OVC010CB 20/20 A3003 RMK 60005 8/9// -DZE38 LTGCC OCNL BINOVC