# NTSB DCA18WA016: Boeing 737, Moscow, Russia, October 13, 2017

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 13, 2017, 06:19 local (06:19 UTC)
- Place: Moscow, Russia
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR initial approach: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96263
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96263/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA016

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR initial approach: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA) of Russia has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737, which occurred on October 13, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13, as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the FATA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: VQ-BJP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (500)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28905
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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