# NTSB DCA17WA185: Boeing 737, Georgetown, Guyana, August 23, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 23, 2017, 19:42 local (19:42 UTC)
- Place: Georgetown, Guyana
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 95897
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA17WA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/95897/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA17WA185

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737-200, which occurred on August 23, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the CAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-UHZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (200)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: EasySky
- Registered owner: Global

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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