# NTSB DCA18WA027: Boeing 757 224, N14115, Bogota, Colombia, November 29, 2017

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 29, 2017, 04:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place: Bogota, Colombia
- Coordinates: 5.980555, -75.418334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.9806&lon=-75.4183&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 157 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96408
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA027
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96408/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA027

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 757-224, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md?model=1384958), [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Colombia Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 757, which occurred on November 28, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13, as the State of Manufacture, Design and Registry of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the CAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N14115](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14115), registered now, S/N 27557, built 1995 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757 224 (224)
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-224](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-224) (registry code 1384958) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce RB-211 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (registry code 54555, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27557
- Engines: ROLLS-ROYC RB.211 SERIES turbo fan; ROLLS-ROYC RB.211 SERIES turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Registered owner: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee
- 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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