# NTSB DCA16WA087: Boeing 777, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, February 10, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 10, 2016
- Place: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92720
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92720/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA087

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Dominican Republic Comisión Investigadora de Accidentes de Aviación (CIAA) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 777-200 that occurred on February 10, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CIAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Design and Manufacture of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the CIAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VP-BHB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777 (200)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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