# NTSB DCA21WA129: Airbus A330, Karachi, Pakistan, May 4, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 4, 2021, 13:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place: Karachi, Pakistan
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- 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): 103063
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA21WA129
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103063/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA129

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: AP-BNE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Destination: ISB, Islamabad
- Airport: KHI, Jinnah International Airport

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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