DCA24WA045

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Quito, Ecuador · December 19, 2023

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
December 19, 2023, 17:00 local (17:00 UTC)
Place
Quito, Ecuador · Destination Airport
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
HK-5434Boeing 737
Defining event
Approach-IFR final approach: Flight control sys malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
193549

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Flight control sys malf/failApproach-IFR final approachAll aircraft: 410 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
HK-5434
Reported as
Boeing 737 (400)
Category
Airplane
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Aerosucre
Registered owner
Aerosucre
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
BOG · Bogota, OF
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
UIO · Mariscal Sucre International Airport, runway 36, 13,451 × ft, asphalt