# NTSB DCA23WA081: Boeing 737, Sydney, Australia, November 14, 2022

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 14, 2022
- Place: Sydney, Australia
- Coordinates: -33.946111, 151.177222
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.9461&lon=151.1772&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-to runway: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100)
- 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): 106385
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA081
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106385/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA081

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-to runway: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-IWQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8SA)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 44225
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Melbourne, OF
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: SSY, Sydney Airport

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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