# NTSB DCA16WA037: Boeing 787, Darwin, Australia, December 21, 2015

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 21, 2015, 03:23 local (09:23 UTC)
- Place: Darwin, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Flight instrument malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 302 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92494
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA037
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92494/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA037

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Flight instrument malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/334/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Australia has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 787 airplane that occurred on December 21, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia'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 government of Australia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-VKE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage

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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