# NTSB GAA27WA002: Cessna 501, Los Mezquites, Mexico, October 5, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 4, 2026, 18:45 local (Oct 5, 2026, 01:45 UTC)
- Place: Los Mezquites, Mexico · 21.164528°
-104.253972°
- Coordinates: 21.164528, -104.25397
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.1645&lon=-104.2540&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: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: DAAIA, Textron Aviation
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203941
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA27WA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203941/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA27WA002

## 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: XB-BAR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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