# NTSB DCA11RA092: Boeing 737, Georgetown, Guyana, July 30, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 30, 2011, 05:25 local (05:25 UTC)
- Place: Georgetown, Guyana
- Location: 6.4985° N, 58.2541° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cheddi Jagan International Airport (SYCJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=6.4985&lon=-58.2541&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 161 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 81289
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11RA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81289/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11RA092

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 30, 2011, at 1:25 am local time (0525 UTC), a Boeing 737-800, Trinidad & Tobago registration 9Y-PBM, operated by Caribbean Airlines as flight 523, overran the runway upon landing at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Georgetown, Guyana. Of the 156 passengers and six crew on board, there was reportedly one serious and multiple minor injuries. Weather was reported as raining at the time of the accident. Preliminary details from local authorities indicate that the airplane fractured in two pieces as a result of the overrun. The flight was a scheduled passenger flight from Piarco International Airport, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago.The accident is being investigated by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture. All inquiries should be directed to the Guyana CAA at: Civil Aviation Authority Fairlie House Lot 96 Duke St Kingston Georgetown

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9Y-PBM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Caribbean Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Port of Spain
- Destination: Georgetown
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: SYCJ, Georgetown, runway 06, 7,450 ×  ft

## Weather

- Conditions: Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Observed at: SYCJ

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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