DCA23WA138

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Merauke-Papua Island, Indonesia · January 26, 2023

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
January 26, 2023, 09:05 local (09:05 UTC)
Place
Merauke-Papua Island, Indonesia
Injuries
129 uninjured
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Taxi
Aircraft
PK-LFOBoeing 737
Defining event
Taxi-to runway: Ground collision
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
106638

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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.

Ground collisionTaxi-to runwayAll aircraft: 618 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
PK-LFO
Reported as
Boeing 737 (900)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
PT. Lion Mentari Airlines
Registered owner
PT. Lion Mentari Airlines
Departed
WAKK · Merauke-Papua Island
Destination
WAJJ · Jayapura-Papua Island
Airport
WAJJ · Sentani Airport