# NTSB DCA15WA210: Boeing 737, Nauru, Nauru, June 12, 2015

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 12, 2015, 09:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place: Nauru, Nauru
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92583
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15WA210
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92583/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA210

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 that occurred on June 12, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the ATSB's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the ATSB.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-NLK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Serial number: 23635
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Nauru Airlines
- Registered owner: Nauru Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Majuro
- Destination: Nauru
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Kosrae

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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