# NTSB DCA13WA159: Boeing 787 - 8QQ, Warsaw, Poland, September 18, 2013

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 18, 2013
- Place: Warsaw, Poland
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Boeing, Rolls-Royce
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88120
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA159
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88120/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA159

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Aircraft maintenance event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/040); cases with it: [All aircraft, 484 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/040/sequence.md)
- [Enroute-cruise: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On September 18, 2013, a LOT Polish Airlines, Boeing 787-8, registration number SP-LRB, powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent 100-67B turbofan engines experienced a maintenance status message “ENG FUEL FULTER R” during cruise from Beijing Capital International Airport (ZBAA) to Warsaw Chopin Airport (EPWA). After arrival, maintenance found that the engine fuel filter in the No. 2 engine (right) had not been installed. Examination of the left engine for that same airplane also revealed that there was no fuel filter installed. On September 19, 2013, a LOT Polish Airlines, Boeing 787-8, registration number SP-LRC was also inspected and no fuel filters were installed. The Polish State Commission of the Aircraft Accident Investigation is investigating these maintenance errors and has delegated part of the investigation to the NTSB as the United States is the State of Manufacture for the airplane and country of occurrence for the last engine maintenance facility.

## Aircraft

- Registration: SP-LRB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787 - 8QQ (8QQ)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 37894
- Year built: 2012
- Engines: Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-67 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: LOT Polish Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: ZBAA, Beijing
- Destination: EPWA, Warsaw
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: EPWA, Warsaw

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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