# NTSB DCA15RA059: ATR 72, Taipei, Taiwan, February 4, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 4, 2015, 10:55 local (10:55 UTC)
- Place: Taipei, Taiwan
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 43 fatal, 15 serious, 2 minor; on the ground: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90703
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15RA059
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90703/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15RA059

## Preliminary report

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## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: B-22816 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ATR 72 (600)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1141
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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