# NTSB DCA18WA317: Boeing 737, Budapest, Hungary, March 23, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 23, 2018
- Place: Budapest, Hungary
- Phase of flight: [Pushback/towing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Pushback/tow-engine oper: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 166 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106345
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA317
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106345/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA317

## Sequence of events

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

- [Pushback/tow-engine oper: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: OK-TVP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8K5)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Travel Service
- Destination: Tel-Aviv
- Airport: Budapest Listz Ferenc International Airport

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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