# NTSB DCA10RA017: Boeing 737, N977AN, Kingston, Jamaica, December 23, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 22, 2009, 22:22 local (Dec 23, 2009, 03:22 UTC)
- Place: Kingston, Jamaica
- Coordinates: 17.935556, -76.787498
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=17.9356&lon=-76.7875&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 14 serious, 1 minor, 139 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75194
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10RA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75194/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10RA017

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 737-823, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=13844CB), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Boeing 737-823, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=13844CB), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N977AN](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N977AN-2010-03-15), registration cancelled 2010-03-15, S/N 29550, built 2001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (823)
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-823](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-823) (registry code 13844CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (registry code 13802, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 29550
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: American Airlines Inc.,
- Registered owner: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest N.A Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MIA, Miami, FL
- Destination: MKJP, Kingston
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MKJP, Norman Manley International, runway 12, 8,911 × 151 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 320° at 14 knots

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20091222857289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091222857289A), Dec 22, 2009: Boeing 737-823, Kingston, Destroyed. Pilot landed long on a wet runway in a downwind landing condition

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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