# NTSB DCA18WA123: Boeing 737, Osaka, Japan, April 9, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 9, 2018
- Place: Osaka, Japan
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Boeing
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA123
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA123

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR go-around: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on April 09, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Japan's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the JTSB.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HL7725 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Korean Air
- 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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