# NTSB DCA20WA031: Boeing 747, Sydney, Australia, November 28, 2019

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 28, 2019
- Place: Sydney, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100654
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA20WA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100654/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA031

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Australia has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 747 airplane that occurred on November 28, 2019. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Australia.

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9V-SFO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747 (412F)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32900
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Registered owner: Nordwind 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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