# NTSB DCA16WA216: Boeing 737, Mbuji Mayi, Congo - Kinshasa, August 2, 2016

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 2, 2016, 15:37 local (15:37 UTC)
- Place: Mbuji Mayi, Congo - Kinshasa
- Coordinates: -6.12111, 23.568889 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-6.1211&lon=23.5689&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93900
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA16WA216
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93900/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA16WA216

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on August 02, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to DRC under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane/engine.All investigative information will be released by the government of Congo.

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9Q-DBJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (200)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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