# NTSB DCA11WA017: Boeing B737, Brasilia, Brazil, December 8, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 8, 2010, 19:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place: Brasilia, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 125 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78156
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78156/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA017

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Brazilian Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (CENIPA) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 that occurred on December 8, 2010. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIU investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the CENIPA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-WJU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B737 (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Webjet
- Registered owner: Webjet
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: SBBR, Brasilia

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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