# NTSB DCA24WA286: Boeing 737, London, United Kingdom, August 21, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 21, 2024, 08:11 local (08:11 UTC)
- Place: London, United Kingdom · Stansted Airport
- Coordinates: 51.885, 0.235 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=51.8850&lon=0.2350&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Prior to flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/100) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Prior to flight: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080)
- 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): 194989
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA286
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194989/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA286

## Sequence of events

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

- [Prior to flight: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9H-QAA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Malta Air
- Registered owner: Ryanair Holdings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Airport: STN, London Stansted Airport

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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