# NTSB DCA22WA167: Boeing 737-800, Kigali, Rwanda, January 22, 2022

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 22, 2022, 14:45 local (12:45 UTC)
- Place: Kigali, Rwanda
- Coordinates: -1.96863, 30.1395
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-1.9686&lon=30.1395&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/260)
- 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): 105632
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA22WA167
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105632/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22WA167

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Near midair/TCAS alert/loss of separation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/260) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 96 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/260/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: ET-AQN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-800
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Ethopian Air
- Registered owner: Ethopian Air

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: 9XR-WH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER CL600 2D24 (900)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15286
- Year built: 2012
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: RwandAir
- Registered owner: RwandAir

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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