# NTSB DCA19WA212: Boeing 737, South Africa, September 2, 2019

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 2, 2019, 06:25 local (06:25 UTC)
- Place: South Africa
- Coordinates: -26.569999, 27.02
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-26.5700&lon=27.0200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100262
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA19WA212
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100262/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19WA212

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 410 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of South Africa has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on September 02, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of South Africa's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of South Africa.

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-SJD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 28829
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Mango Airlines SOC Ltd
- 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.

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