# NTSB DCA20WA099: Boeing 737, Crawley, United Kingdom, February 28, 2020

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 28, 2020, 11:35 local (11:35 UTC)
- Place: Crawley, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: 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): 101167
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA20WA099
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101167/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA099

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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

United Kingdom Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on February 28, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of United Kingdom's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the AAIB.

## Aircraft

- Registration: CN-RGJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33072
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: EGKK, London Gatwick, runway 26L

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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