- Date
- July 16, 2018, 03:30 local (03:30 UTC)
- Place
- Iguazu Province of Misiones, Argentina
- Injuries
- 71 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- LV-HQYBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 98113
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
TailstrikeAll aircraft: 124 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Junta de Investigacion de Accidentes de Aviacion Civil (JIAAC) of Argentina has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on July 16, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Argentina's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the JIAAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- LV-HQY
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8F2)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34406
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport