# NTSB DCA23WA389: Airbus A330, Chennai, India, February 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 17, 2023, 09:50 local (04:20 UTC)
- Place: Chennai, India
- Coordinates: 12.992763, 80.168389
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=12.9928&lon=80.1684&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Prior to flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/100) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Prior to flight: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- 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): 192766
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA389
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192766/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA389

## Sequence of events

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

- [Prior to flight: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 4R-ALA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 (243)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: SruLankan Airlines Ltd
- Registered owner: SAOF II Aviation Ireland Ltd, Ireland
- Destination: Sir Lanka
- Airport: Chennai International Aiport

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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