# NTSB DCA20WA084: Boeing 757, N687DL, Mexico City, Mexico, January 1, 2020

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 1, 2020, 15:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100990
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA20WA084
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100990/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA084

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Evacuation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 757-232, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460/sequence.md?model=1384965), [All aircraft, 103 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/460/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The DGAC of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 757 airplane that occurred on January 01, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the DGAC's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the DGAC of Mexico.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N687DL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N687DL), registered now, S/N 27586, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 757 (232)
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (registry code 1384965) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27586
- Engines: ; 
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Delta Air Lines
- Registered owner: Delta Air Lines Inc

## Other investigations on N687DL (1)

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.

- [NTSB DCA14CA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA036), Jan 10, 2014: Boeing 757 232 (N687DL), Atlanta, GA, no damage. Probable cause: unexpected encounter with convective turbulence while the flight attendants were preparing for arrival.

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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