# NTSB DCA20WA108: Airbus A320, Karachi, Pakistan, May 22, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 22, 2020
- Place: Karachi, Pakistan
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 97 fatal, 2 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 101319
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA20WA108
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/101319/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA108

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Pakistan has notified the NTSB of an accident involving an AIRBUS A320 with CFM56 engines that occurred on May 22, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Pakistan's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Pakistan.

## Aircraft

- Registration: AP-BLD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (214)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2274
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Pakistan International Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LHE, Lahore
- Destination: KHI, Karachi
- Airport: KHI, Karachi Jinnah

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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