# NTSB DCA23WA363: Boeing 747, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 16, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 17, 2023, 01:30 local (Jul 16, 2023, 22:30 UTC)
- Place: Tel Aviv, Israel
- Coordinates: 32.011398, 34.8867
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0114&lon=34.8867&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Pushback/towing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/200) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Pushback/tow-engine start-up: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Aircraft safety Investigation Authority Israel (AIAI)
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192633
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA363
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192633/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA363

## Sequence of events

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

- [Pushback/tow-engine start-up: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: OE-LRG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Challenge Belgium
- Registered owner: Challenge Belgium

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N918FD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N918FD), registered now, S/N 24290, built 1989 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-23A
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-23A](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-23a) (registry code 1384967) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb211-535e4-series) (registry code 54223, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24290
- Year built: 1989
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Federal Express Corp
- Registered owner: Federal Express Corp

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.