# NTSB DCA16WA048: Boeing 737, Gwangju-Si, South Korea, December 23, 2015

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 23, 2015
- Place: Gwangju-Si, South Korea
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 158 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92559
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92559/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA048

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Republic Of Korea has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on December 23, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Republic Of Korea'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 Republic Of Korea.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HL8049 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8AS)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36570
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Jeju air
- Registered owner: SMBC Aviation Capital Ireland Leasing 3 ltd

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.