# NTSB DCA13WA176: Airbus A330 - 203, Fortaleza, Brazil, September 1, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 1, 2013
- Place: Fortaleza, Brazil
- 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, 14 minor, 169 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91438
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91438/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA176

## 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

The Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center of Brazil (CENIPA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving an Airbus A330-203, registration PT-MVL, which occurred on September 1, 2013. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture of an aircraft component. All investigative information will be released by the Aeronautical Accident Prevention and Investigation Center of Brazil.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-MVL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 - 203 (203)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 0700
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Tam-Linhas Aereas S A

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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