# NTSB DCA23WA480: Boeing 737, Stuttgart, Germany, October 23, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 23, 2023
- Place: Stuttgart, Germany
- Location: 48.6899° N, 9.2220° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Stuttgart Airport (EDDS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.6899&lon=9.2220&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: BFU, FAA, Boeing
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202246
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA480
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202246/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA480

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: TC-SOR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8AS)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: SunExpress
- Registered owner: SunExpress
- Departed: Antalya
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: EDDS, Stuttgart, runway 07

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: TC-JSZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321 (231)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Turkish Airlines
- Registered owner: Turkish Airlines
- Destination: Istanbul

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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