# NTSB DCA16WA104: Boeing 747, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 9, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 9, 2016, 03:20 local (03:20 UTC)
- Place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92820
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92820/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA104

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 410 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Saudi Arabia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 747 airplane that occurred on March 09, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Saudi Arabia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Saudi Arabia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: TF-AMU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747 (48EF)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27603
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129

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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