# NTSB DCA13WA012: Boeing 737, Canberra, Australia, October 17, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 17, 2012, 09:45 local (09:45 UTC)
- Place: Canberra, Australia
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85434
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA012
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85434/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA012

## Factual narrative

On October 17, 2012, about 2045 local time, a Boeing 737-838, registration VH-VXB, descended below the assigned altitude and below the minimum safe altitude for the area of operation. Air traffic control received a minimum safe altitude warning. The incident is being investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. Inquiries regarding this incident should be directed to: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-VXB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (838)
- Serial number: 30101
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Qantas Airways Limited
- Departed: YPAD, Adelaide
- Destination: YSCB, Canberra
- 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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