# NTSB DCA17WA097: Boeing 777, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 17, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 17, 2017, 10:06 local (10:06 UTC)
- Place: Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 358 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95047
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA17WA097
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95047/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA097

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Netherlands has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 777 airplane that occurred on April 17, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Netherlands's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Netherlands.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VT-JEW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777 (35RER)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Jet Airways
- Registered owner: Jet Airways

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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