- Date
- March 31, 2025, 14:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place
- Havana, Cuba · departure/return airport
- Injuries
- 46 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N802WAMcdonnell Douglas MD 83
- Defining event
- Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 199964
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N802WA
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 53052
- Built
- 1990
- Engines
- P & W JT8D-219, 21,000 lbs thrust, turbo fanP & W JT8D-219, 21,000 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Caribbean Sun Airlines Inc DBA
- Registered owner
- Caribbean Sun Airlines Inc DBA
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Destination
- TPA · Miami, FL
- Airport
- HAV · José Martí International Airport
N802WARegistered now · Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83Airframe modelMcdonnell Douglas MD 83Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT8D-219
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N802WA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DCA24WA282IncidentClass 5 · ForeignSanta Clara, CubaNTSB DCA18WA247Incident · No injuriesForeign investigationChichen Itza, MexicoThe Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Douglas DC9 airplane that occurred on July 11, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's…