# NTSB DCA20RA069: Boeing 737, Istanbul, Türkiye, February 5, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 5, 2020, 15:19 local (15:19 UTC)
- Place: Istanbul, Türkiye
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal, 19 serious, 161 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA20RA069
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100901/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20RA069

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Turkey has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on February 05, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Turkey's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All investigative information will be released by the government of Turkey.

## Aircraft

- Registration: TC-IZK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (86J)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Pegasus Airlines
- 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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