# NTSB DCA16WA140: Fairchild SA227, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, March 22, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 22, 2016, 19:38 local (19:38 UTC)
- Place: Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93085
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA140
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93085/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA140

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Argentina Junta de Investigacion de Acidentes de Aviacion Civil (JIAAC) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Fairchild SA-226 that occurred on March 22, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the JIAAC 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 JIAAC.

## Aircraft

- Registration: LV-ZEB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: FAIRCHILD SA227
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial 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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