# NTSB DCA16WA079: Boeing 737, Gran Canaria, Spain, January 7, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 7, 2016, 14:48 local (14:48 UTC)
- Place: Gran Canaria, Spain
- Location: 27.9319° N, 15.3866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Gran Canaria Airport (GCLP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9319&lon=-15.3866&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92656
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92656/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA079

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil (CIAIAC) of Spain has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on January 07, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CIAIAC 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 CIAIAC.

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-ABLB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (76J)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 36115
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Germania Fluggesellschaft Mbh
- Registered owner: Germania Fluggesellschaft Mbh
- Departed: GCLP, Gran Canaria
- Destination: EDNY, Friedrichschafe
- Airport: GCLP, Gran Canaria Intl Airport, runway 3R, 10,171 × 148 ft, macadam

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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