# NTSB DCA15WA188: Boeing 737, Tambacounda, Senegal, September 5, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 5, 2015, 19:08 local (19:08 UTC)
- Place: Tambacounda, Senegal
- Coordinates: 13.495167, -12.478833 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4952&lon=-12.4788&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Enroute: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250); [Enroute: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal, 112 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92005
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15WA188
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92005/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA188

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)
- [Enroute: Midair collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 196 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/250/sequence.md)
- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: 3C-LLY (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: 6V-AIM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HAWKER SIDDELEY HS125
- Category: Airplane
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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