# NTSB DCA24WA329: Boeing 787, Mendoza, Argentina, June 20, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 20, 2024
- Place: Mendoza, Argentina
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 3 minor, 265 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195430
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA329
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195430/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA329

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PH-BHE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 787 (9)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Registered owner: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

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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