# NTSB WAS02WA001: Bell 412HP, Los Cabos, Mexico, October 7, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 7, 2001, 09:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Los Cabos, Mexico
- Coordinates: 23.149999, -109.716667
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=23.1500&lon=-109.7167&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53613
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WAS02WA001
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53613/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WAS02WA001

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-SPZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Bell 412HP
- Category: Helicopter
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Heliservicio de Campeche S.A.
- Departed: MMSD, Los Cabos
- Flight plan: Company VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F

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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