# NTSB DCA18WA305: Boeing 737, Chattogram, Bangladesh, September 26, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 26, 2018
- Place: Chattogram, Bangladesh
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- 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): 98479
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA305
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98479/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA305

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The AAIG of Bangladesh has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on September 26, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIG of Bangladesh's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as State of Manufacturer of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the AAIG of Bangladesh.

## Aircraft

- Registration: S2-AJA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30039
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: US-Bangla Airlines

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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