DCA23WA097

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 737-824 · Chiacam, Guatemala · December 18, 2022

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
December 18, 2022
Place
Chiacam, Guatemala
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N87531Boeing 737-824
Defining event
Enroute: Turbulence encounter
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
106473

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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
N87531
Reported as
Boeing 737-824
Category
Airplane
Serial number
39999
Built
2011
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
United Airlines Inc
Registered owner
United Airlines Inc
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport

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.