# NTSB DCA10WA028: Boeing 727, Manaus, Brazil, December 17, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 17, 2009, 16:38 local (16:38 UTC)
- Place: Manaus, Brazil
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75368
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10WA028
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75368/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA028

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On December 17, 2009, a TAF Cargo B727, Brazilian registration PR-MTL, struck trees on approach to the Manaus Airport. The airplane went around and diverted. The airplane had damage to the leading edge, slats, and landing gear. This accident is being investigated by the Brazilian Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (CENIPA). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to the CENIPA's investigation in accordance with the provisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to CENIPA at www.cenipa.aer.mil.br.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-MTL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727
- Engines: PW turbo fan; turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: TAF Cargo
- Registered owner: TAF Lineas Aereas
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SBSV, Salvador
- Destination: SBEG, Manaus
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SBEG, Manaus, Brazil, runway 10

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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