# NTSB DCA23WA303: Boeing 777, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 19, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 19, 2023, 01:39 local (01:39 UTC)
- Place: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Location: 24.4410° N, 54.6492° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Zayed International Airport (OMAA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.4410&lon=54.6492&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-from runway: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 366 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): 192289
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA303
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192289/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA303

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-from runway: 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: A6-ETP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777
- Category: Airplane
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Etihad Airways
- Registered owner: Etihad Airways
- Airport: OMAA, Abu Dhabi International Airport

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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