# NTSB DCA18WA161: Boeing 737, Perth, Australia, April 28, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 28, 2018, 06:40 local (06:40 UTC)
- Place: Perth, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Taxi-from runway: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100); [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: 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): 97145
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97145/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA161

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-from runway: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on April 28, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the ATSB.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: VH-XZM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (838)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 44574
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: PER, Perth

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: VH-VZL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (838)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 34194
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: PER, Perth, runway 06

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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