# NTSB DCA16WA097: Boeing 737, Chitose, Japan, February 23, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 23, 2016
- Place: Chitose, Japan
- Location: 42.7945° N, 141.6660° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JASDF Chitose Air Base (RJCJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7945&lon=141.6660&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 minor, 162 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA, GE
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92757
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92757/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA097

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 103 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Japan has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on February 23, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Japan's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane and the engines.All investigative information will be released by the government of Japan.

## Aircraft

- Registration: JA322J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (846)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35351
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Japan Airlines International Co Ltd
- Registered owner: SMFL Aircraft Capital Japan Co Ltd
- Departed: RJCJ, Chitose
- Destination: RJFF, Fukuoka
- Airport: RJCJ, Chitose Air Base

## Weather

- Wind: 330° at 13 knots
- Temperature: 30 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.98 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: RJCC

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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