# NTSB DCA18WA130: Boeing 737, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 6, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 6, 2018
- Place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 173 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97026
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA130
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97026/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA130

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Pressure/environ sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 116 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/331/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Brazil has notified the NTSB of an serious incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on April 06, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Brazil's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by CENIPA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-GGE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8EH)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Gol Linhas Aereas SA
- 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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