DCA15WA002

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 777 223 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · October 3, 2014

Accident · Serious injuriesForeign investigation
Date
October 3, 2014, 10:00 local (13:00 UTC)
Place
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Injuries
1 serious, 1 minor, 248 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N772ANBoeing 777 223
Defining event
Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
90202

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N772AN
Reported as
Boeing 777 223 (223)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
29580
Built
1999
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
American Airlines Inc
Registered owner
American Airlines Inc
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.