# NTSB DCA21WA185: Boeing 737, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, July 21, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 21, 2021, 08:00 local (04:00 UTC)
- Place: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Coordinates: 25.2528, 55.364399
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.2528&lon=55.3644&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- 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): 103538
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA21WA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103538/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA185

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: A6-FER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Fly Dubai
- Registered owner: Fly Dubai
- Airport: OMDB, Dubai Al International Airport

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: A9-CNC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Gulf Air
- Registered owner: Gulf Air

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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