# NTSB DCA19WA054: Mcdonnell Douglas MD11, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, January 20, 2019

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 20, 2019, 11:05 local (11:05 UTC)
- Place: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98845
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA19WA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98845/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19WA054

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of The United Arab Emirates has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD11 that occurred on January 20, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the GCAA's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture of the airplane and engines.All investigative information will be released by the GCAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: Z-GAA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD11
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Global Aircraft Cargo
- 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.