# NTSB DCA11WA023: Boeing 737, Montpelier, France, January 10, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 10, 2011, 12:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place: Montpelier, France
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78253
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78253/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA023

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Stall warn/stick-shaker/pusher](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430); cases with it: [All aircraft, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 10, 2011, at 1330 local time a Boeing 737-700, registration F-GIXD experienced an AOA sensor blockage resulting in false stick-shaker during takeoff from Montpelier, France. The airplane was on a ferry flight to Toulouse, France, and returned to land with no damage or injuries. The BEA-France is investigating the incident. www.bea.aero

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-GIXD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (700)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Ferry, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Europe Airpost
- Registered owner: Europe Airpost
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Montpellier
- Destination: Toulouse
- Flight plan: IFR

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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