# NTSB DCA22WA090: Boeing 737, Karachi, Pakistan, March 2, 2022

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 2, 2022
- Place: Karachi, Pakistan
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 115 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA, Boeing, President of AAIB of Pakistan
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104748
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA22WA090
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104748/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA090

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: AP-BNB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Serene Air
- Registered owner: Serene Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: JIAP, Karachi, OF
- Destination: Lahore, OF
- Airport: JIAP, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, runway 25L

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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