# NTSB DCA15WA163: Boeing 737 - 4Q8, St Georges sur Meuse, Belgium, July 31, 2015

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 31, 2015
- Place: St Georges sur Meuse, Belgium
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91716
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15WA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91716/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA163

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 563 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Air Accidents Investigation Unit (AAIU) of Belgium has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737-4Q8, which occurred on July 31, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIU investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the AAIU.

## Aircraft

- Registration: TC-TLE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 - 4Q8 (4Q8)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27628
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operator: Tailwind Airlines

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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