Bell 412HP XC-JCD

Summary

On 11 January 2008 at about 21:00 local time, a Bell 412HP registered XC-JCD was involved in an accident near Puebla, Mexico. 8 people were on board and 8 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 January 2008 at 21:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Puebla, Mexico

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Bell 412HP

Registration

XC-JCD

Category

Helicopter

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Non-Commercial

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Puebla → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

DFW08WA110

8 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On January 11, 2008, at approximately 1500 central standard time a Bell helicopter model 412HP, serial number 36077 and Mexican registration XC-JCD, departed from an elevated soccer field near the police station at Tepango de Rodriguez for an approximate 70 mile flight to Puebla, Mexico. The aircraft crashed shortly after take off in to the side of a hill approximately one half mile from the departure point. Onboard were 2 flight crew and 6 passengers. All were fatally injured during the impact and post impact fire. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Mexico. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Mexico. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT) Direccion General de Aeronutica Civil (DGAC) Providencia 807, Cuarto Piso Colonia del Valle, Cdigo Postal 03100 Mexico, D.F, Mexico Telephone: 525-55-762-9538

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.