- Date
- October 24, 2011
- Place
- Faro, Portugal
- Injuries
- 151 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- EI-DPABoeing 737 - 800
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 82194
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Flight control sys malf/failAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
TheAir AccidentInvestigation Unit (AAIU) ofIrelandhas notified the NTSB of an accidentinvolving a B737-8AS that occurred on October 20, 2011. The NTSBhas appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIU investigationunder 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
- EI-DPA
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 - 800 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal