# NTSB DCA17WA080: Boeing 737, Ardabil, Iran, March 27, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 27, 2017, 05:36 local (05:36 UTC)
- Place: Ardabil, Iran
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 185 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 94920
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA17WA080
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/94920/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA080

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Iran has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737-400 airplane that occurred on March 27, 2017. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Board of the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran is conducting an accident investigation.All investigative information will be released by the government of Iran.

## Aircraft

- Registration: EP-TBJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (4Q8)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28202
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Registered owner: Taban Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: OITL, Ardabil, runway 33

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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