# NTSB DCA24WA040: Boeing 737, East Midlands, United Kingdom, December 1, 2023

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 1, 2023, 07:00 local (07:00 UTC)
- Place: East Midlands, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- 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): 193498
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA040
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193498/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA040

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-JMCV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (4K5)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24128
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: West Atlantic Airlines
- Registered owner: West Atlantic Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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