Airbus A320 incident near Tijuana, Outside the U.S., March 12, 2025
On March 12, 2025 at about 10:25 am local time, a Airbus A320, registered XAVRU, was involved in an incident during enroute (cruise) near Tijuana, Outside the U.S.. It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- March 12, 2025 · about 10:25 am local time
- Place
- Tijuana, Mexico · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Airbus A320 271N · all A320s on the register
- Registration
- XAVRU · no longer on the register · serial 10348
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Miscellaneous/other during enroute (cruise) defining event
The aircraft
- Maximum gross weight: 174,200 lb
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine 1: Pratt & Whitney PW1127GA-JM (turbofan); 0 hours total
- Engine 2: Pratt & Whitney PW1127GA-JM (turbofan); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: MMTJ Tijuana OF
- Destination: MMOX Oaxaca OF
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The NTSB has not released the docket for this case yet. The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), is usually released when the investigation is nearly complete, and the list here is refreshed when it appears. Check at the NTSB.
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.