# NTSB investigations, Outside the U.S.: Prior to flight

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ENG26WA037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG26WA037.md): Airbus A321 · Chiapa de Corzo, Mexico · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 14, 2026 · XA-VXI
- [NTSB DCA26WA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA076.md): Boeing 737 · Leeds, United Kingdom · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Dec 8, 2025 · G-JZHT · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA26WA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA007.md): Boeing 737 · Balice, Poland · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 12, 2025 · EI-ILN · No damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA286.md): Boeing 737 · London, United Kingdom · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 21, 2024 · 9H-QAA · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA257.md): Boeing 737 · Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea · Incident · Class 4 · Foreign · Jul 23, 2024 · P2-PXB · No damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA282.md): Boeing 737 · Munster/Osnabruck, Germany · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Apr 29, 2023 · TC-SOH · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA389](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA389.md): Airbus A330 · Chennai, India · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Feb 17, 2023 · 4R-ALA · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA184](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA184.md): Boeing 767-300F · Derby, United Kingdom · Occurrence · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Feb 4, 2023 · N370UP · No damage
- [NTSB DCA22WA206](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA206.md): Boeing 737 · Zurich, Switzerland · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Sep 3, 2022 · TC-MKC
- [NTSB DCA22WA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA076.md): Embraer ERJ190 · Copenhagen, Denmark · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Feb 7, 2022 · OH-LKK · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA22WA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA219.md): Boeing 737 · Gwaska, Nigeria · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Nov 21, 2021 · 5N-DAB · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA21WA181](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA181.md): Boeing 787 · Dublin, Ireland · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 16, 2021 · N873BB · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
- [NTSB GAA21WA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA21WA083.md): Rans S6 · Toledo, Spain · Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Apr 3, 2021 · EC-YZE · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA21WA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA102.md): Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 · Maiquetia, Venezuela · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 18, 2021 · YV3445 · No damage
- [NTSB DCA21WA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA177.md): Boeing 777 · London, United Kingdom · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Feb 7, 2021 · G-STBA · No damage
- [NTSB DCA21WA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA003.md): Boeing 737-4B6 · San Jose, Costa Rica · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 6, 2020 · HK5228
- [NTSB GAA20WA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20WA146.md): Champion 8KCAB · Roskilde, Denmark · Incident · No injuries · Class 4 · Foreign · Sep 10, 2020 · SCF-NP · No damage
- [NTSB DCA20WA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA079.md): Boeing 767 · Ciampino, Italy · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jan 20, 2020 · SE-RLC · Minor damage
  > The government of Italy has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 767 airplane that occurred on January 20, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Italy's investigation under the provisions of…
- [NTSB DCA20WA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA025.md): Boeing 787 · Pettirossi, Paraguay · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Nov 22, 2019 · EC-MNS · Minor damage
  > The government of Paraguay has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 787 airplane that occurred on November 22, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Paraguay's investigation under the…
- [NTSB DCA19WA211](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19WA211.md): Airbus A330 · Beijing, China · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Aug 27, 2019 · B-5958 · Substantial damage
  > The government of China has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A330 airplane that occurred on August 27, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of China's investigation under the provisions of…
- [NTSB DCA19WA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19WA196.md): Boeing 777 · New Delhi, India · Incident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Oct 15, 2018 · VT-ALN · No damage
  > The government of India has notified the NTSB of a serious incident involving a BOEING 777 airplane that occurred on October 15, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of India's investigation under the…
- [NTSB ENG18RA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG18RA032.md): Dassault FALCON7X · Singapore, Singapore · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jun 25, 2018 · VQ-BLP
  > The Singapore TSIB has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Dassault Falcon 7X, VQ-BLP, which occurred on June 25, 2018. There was a fire in the mechanical service compartment while passengers were on board. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited…
- [NTSB DCA18WA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA137.md): Boeing 737 · Melbourne, Australia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Apr 5, 2018 · unknown · No damage
  > The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on April 05, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation…
- [NTSB CEN18WA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18WA066.md): Gulfstream Aerospace LP Gulfstream G150 · Kittilä, Finland · Accident · 1 fatal · Foreign investigation · Jan 5, 2018 · OE-GKA · No damage
  > On January 5, 2018, about 1200 coordinated universal time, a Gulfstream G150 airplane, OE-GKA, was involved in a ground accident that fatally injured the pilot when he was struck by the door. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of…
- [NTSB DCA17WA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA127.md): Boeing 747 · Glasgow, United Kingdom · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Mar 30, 2017 · LX-VCF · No damage
  > The United Kingdom AAIB has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 747 airplane that occurred on March 30, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as…
- [NTSB DCA17WA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA054.md): Boeing 737 · Sydney, Australia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Dec 17, 2016 · ZK-TLK · No damage
  > The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on December 17, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's…
- [NTSB DCA17WA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA065.md): Boeing 737 · Adelaide, Australia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Dec 12, 2016 · UNK · No damage
  > The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on December 12, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the ATSB's investigation under the…
- [NTSB DCA16WA198](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA198.md): Boeing Boeing 737-8AS · Charleroi, Belgium · Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Jul 1, 2016 · EI-ENH · No damage
  > The Air Accident Investigation Unit of Belgium has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737 that occurred on July 01, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIU's investigation under the provisions of ICAO…
- [NTSB DCA16WA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA191.md): Airbus Industrie A330 323 · London, United Kingdom · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jun 26, 2016 · N276AY · No damage
  > Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) notified the NTSB of a serious incident involving a AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A330 323 airplane that occurred on June 26, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of United…
- [NTSB DCA15WA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA043.md): Boeing 737-800 · London, United Kingdom · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Dec 17, 2014 · EI-EBR · Substantial damage
  > The United Kingdom's Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB), has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737-800 that occurred on December 17, 2014. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB investigation under…
- [NTSB DCA13RA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13RA127.md): Boeing 787 · London, United Kingdom · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jul 12, 2013 · ET-AOP · Substantial damage
  > The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a B787 that occurred on July 7, 2013. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex…
- [NTSB DCA12WA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA159.md): Boeing 777 · Rome, Italy · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Sep 30, 2012 · EI-ISB · Substantial damage
  > On September 30, 2012, about 1305 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a Boeing 777-200 sustained damage to the forward left passenger door and aircraft structure when a jetbridge was moved during boarding operations at Rome Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy. There…
- [NTSB DCA12WA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA064.md): Boeing 737 - 800 · Seville, Spain · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Apr 13, 2012 · EI-EBA · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The Spanish Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving two Boeing 737 airplanes that occurred on April 13, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to…
- [NTSB ENG10IA038](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG10IA038.md): Boeing 767 · Athens, Greece · Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report · Jun 16, 2010 · N196DN · Minor damage
  > A short circuit involving the light in position L3 on the squib test panel. The specific cause of the short circuit could not be determined.
- [NTSB DCA10WA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA019.md): Boeing 737 · Hahn, Germany · Incident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation · Jan 4, 2010 · EI-DAK · Minor damage
  > On January 4, 2010, at 0940 UTC, a Boeing 737-800, Irish registration EI-DAK, operated by Ryan Air, experienced fire and smoke in a ground power unit connector prior to takeoff at Hahn, Germany. The aircraft had minor damage and 5 of the 6 crew members…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
WITH phase_names(main, name) AS (VALUES (100, 'Prior to flight'), (150, 'Standing'), (200, 'Pushback/towing'), (250, 'Taxi'), (300, 'Takeoff'), (350, 'Initial climb'), (400, 'Enroute'), (450, 'Maneuvering'), (500, 'Approach'), (550, 'Landing'), (600, 'Emergency descent'), (650, 'Uncontrolled descent'), (700, 'Post-impact'), (750, 'After landing'), (800, 'Other'), (990, 'Unknown')),
  crosswalk(code, main, name) AS (VALUES (500, 150, 'Standing'), (501, 150, 'Standing - pre-flight'), (502, 150, 'Standing - starting engine(s)'), (503, 150, 'Standing - engine(s) operating'), (504, 150, 'Standing - engine(s) not operating'), (505, 150, 'Standing - idling rotors'), (510, 250, 'Taxi'), (511, 200, 'Taxi - pushback/tow'), (512, 250, 'Taxi - to takeoff'), (513, 250, 'Taxi - from landing'), (514, 250, 'Taxi - aerial'), (520, 300, 'Takeoff'), (521, 300, 'Takeoff - roll/run'), (522, 350, 'Takeoff - initial climb'), (523, 300, 'Takeoff - aborted'), (530, 400, 'Climb'), (531, 400, 'Climb - to cruise'), (540, 400, 'Cruise'), (541, 400, 'Cruise - normal'), (542, 400, 'Maneuvering - holding (IFR)'), (550, 400, 'Descent'), (551, 400, 'Descent - normal'), (552, 600, 'Descent - emergency'), (553, 650, 'Descent - uncontrolled'), (560, 500, 'Approach'), (561, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - downwind'), (562, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - base turn'), (563, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - base leg/base to final'), (564, 500, 'Approach - VFR pattern - final approach'), (565, 500, 'Go-around (VFR)'), (566, 500, 'Approach - IAF to FAF/outer marker (IFR)'), (567, 500, 'Approach - FAF/outer marker to threshold (IFR)'), (568, 500, 'Circling (IFR)'), (569, 500, 'Missed approach (IFR)'), (570, 550, 'Landing'), (571, 550, 'Landing - flare/touchdown'), (572, 550, 'Landing - roll'), (573, 550, 'Landing - aborted'), (574, 550, 'Emergency landing'), (575, 550, 'Emergency landing after takeoff'), (576, 600, 'Emergency descent/landing'), (580, 450, 'Maneuvering'), (581, 450, 'Maneuvering - aerial application'), (582, 450, 'Maneuvering - turn to reverse direction'), (583, 450, 'Maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)'), (590, 450, 'Hover'), (591, 450, 'Hover - in ground effect'), (592, 450, 'Hover - out of ground effect'), (600, 800, 'Other'), (610, 990, 'Unknown')),
  current_codes AS (
    SELECT e.case_mkey, TRY_CAST(e."tier1Number" AS INTEGER) AS code,
      row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY e.case_mkey ORDER BY coalesce(e."isDefiningEvent", false) DESC, e.position) AS n
    FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e
    WHERE e.aircrafts_position = 1 AND e."tier1Number" GLOB '[1-9][0-9]*'
      AND (e."isDefiningEvent" OR e.case_mkey IN (SELECT "mKey" FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' WHERE "isPre1982"))
  ),
  phases AS (
    SELECT case_mkey, 'current' AS scheme, code, CASE WHEN code >= 990 THEN 990 ELSE code // 50 * 50 END AS main
    FROM current_codes WHERE n = 1
    UNION ALL
    SELECT o.case_mkey, 'older', o."phaseOfFlightCode", w.main
    FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o JOIN crosswalk w ON w.code = o."phaseOfFlightCode"
    WHERE o.aircrafts_position = 1 AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o.case_mkey NOT IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM current_codes)
  ),
  case_phases AS (
    SELECT p.*, c."eventDate", c."highestInjuryLevel" = 'Fatal' AS fatal, a.aircraft_model_code
    FROM phases p JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c ON c."mKey" = p.case_mkey
    LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = p.case_mkey AND a.position = 1
    WHERE c."eventDate" >= DATE '1962-01-01' AND p.main IN (SELECT main FROM phase_names)
  )
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventCountry" <> 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM case_phases WHERE main = 100)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/100/cases?state=OF

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