# NTSB DCA13WA031: Boeing 737, Bogota, Colombia, November 24, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 24, 2012, 16:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Bogota, Colombia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 116 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85840
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85840/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA031

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Emergency descent initiated](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/130); cases with it: [All aircraft, 42 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/130/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On 24 November, 2012, at approxiumately 1636 UTC time, a Boeing B737-7V3, registration HP1371CM, operated by Copa Airlines Columbia between Bogota and Cartegna, Coulmbia, experienced a depressurization while climbing through FL240 and the oxygen masks deplyed. The aiplane made an emergency descent and returned to Bogota. There were no injuries to the 6 crew or 110 passengers and the airplane was not damaged. The investigation is being conducted by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Group of Columbia. 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 AAIG Columbia at: Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes Unidad Administrativa Especial Aeronáutica Civil Avenida Eldorado # 103 - 23, Bogotá - Colombia investigacion.accide@aerocivil.gov.co

## Aircraft

- Registration: HP1371CM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (7V3)
- Serial number: 30049
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Copa Airlines Columbia

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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