# NTSB DCA12WA104: Boeing 737, Frankfurt, Germany, July 5, 2012

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 5, 2012, 11:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Frankfurt, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 85 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 84208
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA12WA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84208/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA104

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On 5 July, 2012, at approximately 1100 UTC, a SunExpress Deutschland B737-800, registration D-ASXE, encountered turbulence during cruise between Gaziantep, Turkey, and Frankfurt, Germany. Of the 86 passengers and crew onboard, one crew member received serious injuries and the airplane was not damaged. The investigation is being conducted by German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation (BFU). The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to the BFU at: German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Investigation Hermann-Blenk-Str. 16 38108 Braunschweig Germany Website: http://www.bfu-web.de

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-ASXE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: SunExpress
- Registered owner: SunExpress
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal

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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