# NTSB DCA10WA036: Boeing 747, Taipai, Taiwan, March 4, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 4, 2010
- Place: Taipai, Taiwan
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: The Boeing Company
- NTSB case key (mKey): 75443
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10WA036
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/75443/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA036

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091); cases with it: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On March 4, 2010, China Airline flight 5233, a Boeing 747-400, registration B-18723 and operating as a cargo flight, experienced a tail strike during takeoff from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska. The airplane continued to its intended destination of Taoyuan International Airport (TPE/RCTP), Taipei, Taiwan. There were no injuries to the crew, and the airplane received substantial damage. The investigation is being conducted by the Taiwan Aviation Safety Council. The NTSB has assigned an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the Country of Manufacture and Design of the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: B-18723 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747 (400)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: China Airlines Ltd
- Registered owner: China Airlines Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: ANC, Anchorage
- Destination: TPE, TAIPEI
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: ANC, Anchorage Interantional Airpor

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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