DCA23WA222

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737-823 · Belize City, Belize · March 30, 2023

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
March 30, 2023
Place
Belize City, Belize
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Initial climb
Aircraft
N940ANBoeing 737-823
Defining event
Initial climb: Loss of engine power (total)
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
106988

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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
N940AN
Reported as
Boeing 737-823
Category
Airplane
Serial number
30598
Built
2000
Damage
No damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
American Airlines
Registered owner
Wilmington Trust Co Trustee
Departed
bze · Belize City
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.