DCA23WA274

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Abuja, Nigeria · May 7, 2023

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
May 7, 2023, 15:05 local (15:05 UTC)
Place
Abuja, Nigeria
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
5N-MBDBoeing 737
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear collapse
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB), Boeing, FAA
Case key
122572

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.

Landing gear collapseLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 1,787 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
5N-MBD
Reported as
Boeing 737 (4D7)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Max Air