DCA23WA037

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 777-223 · Buenos Aires, Argentina · October 28, 2022

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
October 27, 2022, 22:35 local (Oct 28, 2022, 01:35 UTC)
Place
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Injuries
268 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N765ANBoeing 777-223
Defining event
Takeoff: Part(s) separation from AC
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
106216

From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N765AN
Reported as
Boeing 777-223
Category
Airplane
Serial number
32879
Built
2003
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 129
Operator
American Airlines Inc
Registered owner
American Airlines Inc
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Destination
Miami, FL

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Wind
300° at 5 knots
Visibility
6.21 statute miles
Temperature
64 °F, dew point 39 °F
Observed at
SAEZ
METAR
SAEZ 280200 30005KT CAVOK 18/04 Q1007 NOSIG RMK PP000