# NTSB DCA10WA074: Boeing 737, Girona, Spain, June 7, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 7, 2010, 10:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place: Girona, Spain
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 167 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76615
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA10WA074
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76615/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10WA074

## Sequence of events

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

- [Standing-engine(s) not oper: Cabin safety event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110); cases with it: [All aircraft, 151 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/110/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On June 7, 2010, at 1000 UTC, a passenger was seriously injured when she fell through the railing of the integral airstair on a Ryanair Boeing 737. The event took place at Girona-Costa Brava Airport, Girona, Spain, as the airplane was being boarded for a flight to Leeds-Bradford International Airport, Leeds, United Kingdom. None of the other 161 passengers or 6 crewmembers were injured. The accident is being investigated by the Comision de Investigacion de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviacion Civil of Spain.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-DAX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Ryanair
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: GRO, Girona
- Destination: LBA, Leeds-Branford
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: GRO, Girona-Costa Brava Airport

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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