- Date
- February 9, 2020, 14:10 local (14:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- Injuries
- 194 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N200UUBoeing 757
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100920
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Flight control sys malf/failAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The Consejo Technico de Aviacion Civil (CTAC)of Costa Rica notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 757-2B7, which occurred on February 9, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the CTAC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N200UU
- Reported as
- Boeing 757 (2B7)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 27809
- Engines
- Rolls-Royc RB.211 SERIESRolls-Royc RB.211 SERIES
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- American Airlines
- Registered owner
- American Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport