# NTSB DCA21WA087: Boeing 757, Leipzig, Germany, February 13, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 13, 2021, 05:48 local (05:48 UTC)
- Place: Leipzig, Germany
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- 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): 102666
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA21WA087
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102666/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA087

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-DHKZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Dhl Air Limited
- Registered owner: Dhl Air Limited
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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