# NTSB DCA23WA238: Boeing 747, Nairobi, Kenya, April 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 17, 2023
- Place: Nairobi, Kenya
- Location: 1.3189° S, 36.9282° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (HKJK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-1.3189&lon=36.9282&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Aircraft Accident Investigation - Kenya, Boeing, Aircraft Accident Investigation Kenya
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107062
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA238
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/107062/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA238

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 504 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9V-SF0 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Singapore Airlines
- Registered owner: Singapore Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: HKJK, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, runway 06

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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