# NTSB investigations, Outside the U.S.: Pushback/towing

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 DCA26WA343](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA343.md): Airbus A320 · Mascot, Australia · Incident · Foreign investigation · Aug 24, 2026 · VH-VFX · 2 aircraft
- [NTSB DCA26WA202](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA202.md): Boeing 747-428F · Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · May 14, 2026 · N903AR
- [NTSB DCA26WA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA137.md): Boeing 737 · Schiphol, Netherlands · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Feb 21, 2026 · PH-BCL · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA25WA250](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA250.md): Boeing 737 · Palma, Spain · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 4, 2025 · G-RUKN · No damage
- [NTSB DCA25WA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA166.md): Boeing 787 · London, United Kingdom · Occurrence · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 16, 2025 · G-ZBLI · No damage
- [NTSB ENG25WA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA017.md): Boeing 787 · Santiago, Chile · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 21, 2025 · PH-BHO · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA25WA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA036.md): Boeing 787 · Casablanca, Morocco · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Nov 11, 2024 · CN-RGB · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA25WA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA014.md): Boeing 787 · Doha, Qatar · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Oct 25, 2024 · A7-BCV · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA287](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA287.md): Airbus A319 · Sao Paulo, Brazil · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 29, 2024 · PT-TMT · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA193.md): Mcdonnell Douglas 9-82 · Maiquetia, Venezuela · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Apr 28, 2024 · YV2923 · No damage
- [NTSB ENG24WA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG24WA013.md): Boeing 737-79P · San Miguel de Cozumel, Mexico · Incident · Class 3 · Foreign · Apr 27, 2024 · N7826B · No damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA152.md): Boeing 787 · London, United Kingdom · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Apr 6, 2024 · G-VDIA · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA363](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA363.md): Boeing 747 · Tel Aviv, Israel · Accident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jul 16, 2023 · OE-LRG · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA124.md): Boeing 767-31B · Hahn, Germany · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Jan 5, 2023 · N664GT · No damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA070.md): Boeing 737 · Paris, France · Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Nov 20, 2022 · TF-BBM · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA20WA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA017.md): Boeing 747 · Ataturk, Türkiye · Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Nov 11, 2019 · TC-ACR · No damage
  > The Transport Safety Investigation Center (TSIC) of Turkey has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 747-400, which occurred on November 11, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist under the provisions of ICAO…
- [NTSB DCA20WA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA009.md): Boeing 737 · Paris, France · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Oct 27, 2019 · 4X-EHE · No damage
  > The BEA of France has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on October 27, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the BEA of France's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex…
- [NTSB GAA19WA265](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19WA265.md): Learjet 45 · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · May 4, 2019 · C-GMCP
  > The government of United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a LEARJET 45 airplane that occurred on May 04, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of United Kingdom's investigation under the…
- [NTSB DCA18WA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA179.md): Boeing 737 · London, United Kingdom · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Apr 30, 2018 · EI-GDZ · Substantial damage
  > The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737-800, which occurred on April 30, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB investigation…
- [NTSB DCA18WA317](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA317.md): Boeing 737 · Budapest, Hungary · Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 23, 2018 · OK-TVP · No damage
- [NTSB DCA18WA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA133.md): Airbus A330 · Sydney, Australia · Incident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation · Feb 1, 2018 · Unknown · No damage
  > The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving an amateur-built AIRBUS A330 airplane that occurred on February 01, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of…
- [NTSB DCA18WA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA048.md): Boeing 777 · Singapore, Singapore · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Nov 29, 2017 · 9V-SQK · Minor damage
  > The Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) of Singapore has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 777, which occurred on November 29, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist under the provisions of ICAO Annex…
- [NTSB DCA17WA226](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA226.md): Airbus A320 · Dublin, Ireland · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Sep 27, 2017 · EC-LVQ · Minor damage
  > The Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) of Ireland has notified the NTSB of a serious incident involving a AIRBUS A320 airplane that occurred on September 27, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of…
- [NTSB DCA17WA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA084.md): Airbus A380 · Changi, Singapore · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Mar 30, 2017 · A6-EUB · 2 aircraft · Minor damage
  > The Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) Ministry of Transport Singapore has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A380 airplane that occurred on March 30, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the…
- [NTSB DCA17WA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA067.md): Boeing 737 · Edinburgh, United Kingdom · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Feb 3, 2017 · TF-BBB · Minor damage
  > The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on February 03, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB's…
- [NTSB DCA16WA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA150.md): Boeing 767 · Cologne, Germany · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · May 6, 2016 · N341UP · No damage
  > The government of Germany has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 767 airplane that occurred on May 06, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Germany's investigation under the provisions of…
- [NTSB DCA16WA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA152.md): Airbus A320 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · May 5, 2016 · LV-BOI · 2 aircraft
  > The JIAAC of Argentina has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A320 airplane and a Boeing B737 airplane that occurred on May 05, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Argentina's…
- [NTSB DCA16WA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA029.md): Boeing 737 · Singapore, Singapore · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Dec 6, 2015 · 9V-MGM · Minor damage
  > The Air Accident Investigation Bureau of Singapore (AAIB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737 that occurred on December 06, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB's investigation under the…
- [NTSB DCA15WA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA021.md): Airbus 330-200 · Karachi, Pakistan · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Oct 4, 2014 · A6-EAQ · Minor damage
  > The United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving an Emirates AIRBUS 330-200 that occurred on October 04, 2014. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the GCAA…
- [NTSB DCA13RA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13RA001.md): Boeing 737 · Antalya, Türkiye · Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation · Oct 14, 2012 · TC-TJK · Substantial damage
  > The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), of the Republic of Turkey, has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737-800 that occurred on October 14, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the DGCA…
- [NTSB DCA11WA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA090.md): Boeing 777 · Cairo, Egypt · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jul 29, 2011 · SU-GBP · Minor damage
  > On July 29, 2011, a Boeing B777-200, registration SU-GBP, operated by EgyptAir, experienced a fire in the right hand lower portion of the cockpit area, adjacent to the electronic flight bag and an electrical power panel. The aircraft was in the process of…
- [NTSB DCA11WA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA043.md): Boeing B777 · Paris, France · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Apr 10, 2011 · C-FIVM · Substantial damage
  > On April 10, 2011, at 0950 UTC, a Boeing 777, registration C-FIVM, operated by Air Canada, was substantially damaged during pushback at the Charles DeGaulle International Airport, Paris, France, when the tow bar fractured and struck the airplane. The flight…
- [NTSB ENG09RA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG09RA019.md): Boeing 737 · Kuching, Malaysia · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Oct 2, 2009 · 9M-MMR · Minor damage
  > On October 2, 2009, about 0818 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) a Malaysia Airlines, Boeing 737-400 airplane, registration 9M-MMR, suffered a collapsed left main landing gear during pushback from the gate at Kuching International Airport, Kuching, Sarawak,…

## 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 = 200)
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200/cases?state=OF

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