# NTSB DCA12WA015: Boeing 737, Brussels, Belgium, March 1, 2010

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 1, 2010, 08:40 local (08:40 UTC)
- Place: Brussels, Belgium
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 146 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 82361
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA12WA015
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/82361/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA015

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737-800 that occurred on March 1, 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 AAIU.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EIDYI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Ryanair
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: EHEH, Eindhoven
- Destination: LEMD, Madrid
- Flight plan: Unknown

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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