# NTSB DCA21WA071: Boeing 787-8, N782AM, Mexico City, Mexico, January 4, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 4, 2021, 00:35 local (00:35 UTC)
- Place: Mexico City, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102549
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA21WA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102549/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA071

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 787-8, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md?model=1388002), [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N782AM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N782AM), registered now, S/N 37165, built 2015 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787-8
- Registry model: [Boeing 787-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-787-8) (registry code 1388002) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [GE GENX-1B70/P2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-genx-1b70-p2) (registry code 30228, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 37165
- Year built: 2015
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Wells Fargo Trust CO NA

## Other investigations on N782AM (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 DCA21WA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA016), Mar 27, 2020: Boeing 787-800 (N782AM), Mexico City, Mexico, incident, no damage

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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