# NTSB DCA11WA064: Boeing 737, Brussels, Belgium, May 26, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 26, 2011, 16:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: Brussels, Belgium
- Location: 50.9014° N, 4.4844° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Brussels Airport (EBBR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.9014&lon=4.4844&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Boeing, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79235
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA064
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/79235/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA064

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Belgium Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a B737-45D that occurred on May 26, 2011. 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 AAIU.

## Aircraft

- Registration: SP-LLB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (45D)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Lot
- Registered owner: Lot
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: EPWA, Warsaw
- Destination: EBBR, Brussels
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: EBBR, Brussels, runway 25L

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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