# NTSB DCA23WA369: Boeing 757-232, N684DA, San Salvador, El Salvador, July 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 17, 2023, 14:40 local (14:40 UTC)
- Place: San Salvador, El Salvador · Airport Location
- Coordinates: 13.440833, -89.055556 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4408&lon=-89.0556&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 200 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): 192658
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA369
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192658/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA369

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 757-232, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=1384965), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N684DA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N684DA), registered now, S/N 27104, built 1993 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-232
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-232](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (registry code 1384965) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney PW2037](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (registry code 52117, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27104
- Year built: 1993
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Delta Air Lines Inc
- Registered owner: Delta Air Lines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: LAX, Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: MSLP, El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez

## Other investigations on N684DA (1)

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.

- [NTSB WPR11LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA149), Feb 28, 2011: Boeing 757-232 (N684DA), Naches, WA, no damage. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with moderate turbulence at a higher altitude than the flight crew expected, resulting in an injury to a cabin crewmember.

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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