# NTSB DCA23WA229: Airbus A320, Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 30, 2023

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 30, 2023, 21:24 local (21:24 UTC)
- Place: Sao Paulo, Brazil · Loss of Separation during go-around
- Coordinates: -23.615, -46.664722 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-23.6150&lon=-46.6647&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 154 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): 107015
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA229
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/107015/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA229

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: PT-MZL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (232)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1376
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Tam Linhas Aereas
- Registered owner: Tam Linhas Aereas
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: PS-CNBB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 208 (B)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 208B5652
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: Azul Conecta Ltda
- Registered owner: Azul Conecta Ltda
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal

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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