# NTSB DCA25WA046: Boeing 737, Vilnius, Lithuania, November 25, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: November 25, 2024, 04:10 local (04:10 UTC)
- Place: Vilnius, Lithuania · residential area
- Location: 54.6341° N, 25.2858° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Vilnius International Airport (EYVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=54.6341&lon=25.2858&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 2 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Transporto avariju ir incidentu tyrimo skyrius vedejas Orlaiviu avariju ir incidentu tyrimu vadovas, Boeing, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195540
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25WA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195540/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA046

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-MFE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (746)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: DHL Aviation
- Registered owner: SwiftAir
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Lepzig
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: EYVI, Vilnius 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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