# NTSB DCA24WA098: Mcdonnell Douglas MD-82, Malakal, Sudan, February 9, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 9, 2024, 06:20 local (06:20 UTC)
- Place: Malakal, Sudan · landing airport
- Coordinates: 9.558889, 31.652222 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=9.5589&lon=31.6522&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 13 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/AVP-100, Boeing, Pratt  & Whitney
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193788
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA098
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193788/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA098

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 5Y-AXL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-82
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 40204
- Year built: 1984
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: African Express Airways
- Registered owner: African Express Airways
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: JUB, Juba, OF
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: MAK, Malakal Airport, runway 04, 6,562 ×  ft, asphalt

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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