# NTSB DCA24WA071: Boeing 737, Mar del Plata, Argentina, January 6, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 6, 2024, 01:28 local (01:28 UTC)
- Place: Mar del Plata, Argentina
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: 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
- Parties: FAA, JST Argentina
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193655
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193655/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA071

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: 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: LV-KJE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8Q8)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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