# NTSB DCA24WA334: Boeing 757-224, N57111, Brussels, Belgium, August 30, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 30, 2024, 09:26 local (09:26 UTC)
- Place: Brussels, Belgium · Google Earth Lat/Long for runway 7L
- Coordinates: 50.90058, 4.460726 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=50.9006&lon=4.4607&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Altitude deviation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/282)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: United Airlines, Boeing, United Flight Safety - Sr Investigator, Belgium AAIU
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201861
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA334
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201861/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA334

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Altitude deviation](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/282) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 757-224, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/282/sequence.md?model=1384958), [All aircraft, 104 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/282/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N57111](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57111), registered now, S/N 27301, built 1994 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-224
- Registry model: [Boeing 757-224](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-224) (registry code 1384958) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce RB-211 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rb-211-series) (registry code 54555, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27301
- Year built: 1994
- Engines: ROLLS-ROYC RB-211 SERIES 22000 lbs thrust turbo fan; ROLLS-ROYC RB-211 SERIES 22000 lbs thrust turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: United Airlines Inc
- Registered owner: United Airlines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: EWR, Newark, NJ
- Destination: BRU, Brussels
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BRU, Brussels Airport, runway 07L, 11,936 × 148 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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