# NTSB DCA18WA088: Boeing 757 23A, N919FD, Tel Aviv, Israel, January 30, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 30, 2018, 04:42 local (04:42 UTC)
- Place: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-IFR final approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 96698
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA088
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/96698/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA088

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 757-23A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md?model=1384967), [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Israel's Ministry of Transport has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 757, which occurred on January 30, 2018. 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 Israeli Ministry of Transport.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N919FD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N919FD), registered now, S/N 24636, built 1990 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757 23A (23A)
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-23A](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-23a) (registry code 1384967) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce RB211535E4B37](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb211535e4b37) (registry code 54054, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24636
- Engines: ROLLS-ROYC RB211535E4B37 turbo fan; ROLLS-ROYC RB211535E4B37 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Federal Express
- Registered owner: Federal Express Corp
- 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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