# NTSB DCA16WA152: Airbus A320, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 5, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 5, 2016, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Phase of flight: [Pushback/towing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Pushback/towing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080); [Pushback/towing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93146
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA152
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93146/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA152

## Sequence of events

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

- [Pushback/towing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)
- [Pushback/towing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

The JIAAC of Argentina has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A320 airplane and a Boeing B737 airplane that occurred on May 05, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Argentina's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Argentina.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: LV-BOI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (233)
- Category: Airplane
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: LV-FWS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Registered owner: Aerolineas Argentinas SA
- 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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