- Date
- April 13, 2023
- Place
- Luqa, Malta
- Injuries
- 191 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- 9H-VVHBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Tailstrike
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Bureau of Air Accident Investigation (BAAI) Malta
- Case key
- 107105
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
TailstrikeAll aircraft: 124 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- 9H-VVH
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8200MAX)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 62342
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Malta Air Ltd
- Registered owner
- Malta Air Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Airport
- LMML · Malta International Airport, runway 31