# NTSB DCA23WA044: Boeing 757-232, N6714Q, LIberia, Costa Rica, November 2, 2022

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 2, 2022
- Place: LIberia, Costa Rica
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Standing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 201 uninjured
- 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): 106249
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA044
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106249/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA044

## Sequence of events

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

- [Standing: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 757-232, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md?model=1384965), [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6714Q](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6714Q), registered now, S/N 30485, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-232
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (registry code 1384965) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PW2037](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (registry code 52117, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30485
- Year built: 2000
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Delta Air Lines Inc
- Registered owner: Delta Air Lines Inc

## Other investigations on N6714Q (2)

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.

- [NTSB ENG11IA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG11IA035), Jun 21, 2011: Boeing 757-232 (N6714Q), Atlanta, GA, incident, no damage. Probable cause: Fuel leaking from the fuel flow transmitter that ignited on contact with the engine’s hot cases which resulted in an engine undercowl fire. The fuel leak resulted from the fuel flow transmitter end…
- [NTSB OPS07IA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS07IA006), Jul 11, 2007: Boeing 757-232 (N6714Q), Fort Lauderdale, FL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The probable cause of this incident was the United flightcrews' inadvertant entry onto an active runway.

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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