# NTSB DCA18RA186: Boeing 737, Havana, Cuba, May 18, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 18, 2018, 16:11 local (16:11 UTC)
- Place: Havana, Cuba
- 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: Fatal
- Injuries: 112 fatal, 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97278
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18RA186
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97278/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18RA186

## 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 government of Cuba has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737-200 that occurred on May 18, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Cuba's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the government of Cuba.

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-UHZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (200)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A turbo fan
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Cubana de Aviación
- Registered owner: Global Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: MUHA, Havana
- Destination: MUHG, Holguín
- Airport: MUHA, Havana-José Martí Internationa

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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