# NTSB DCA25WA176: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83, N802WA, Havana, Cuba, March 31, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 31, 2025, 14:40 local (18:40 UTC)
- Place: Havana, Cuba · departure/return airport

- Coordinates: 22.989167, -82.409167 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=22.9892&lon=-82.4092&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 46 uninjured
- 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): 199964
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25WA176
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199964/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA176

## Sequence of events

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

- [Unknown: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=3023681), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N802WA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N802WA), registered now, S/N 53052, built 1990 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CO MD 83
- Registry model: [Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-md-83) (registry code 3023681) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney JT8D-219](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-jt8d-219) (registry code 51694, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 53052
- Year built: 1990
- Engines: P & W JT8D-219 21000 lbs thrust turbo fan; P & W JT8D-219 21000 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

## Other investigations on N802WA (2)

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.

- [NTSB DCA24WA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA282), Jun 2, 2024: Mcdonnell Douglas MD 83 (N802WA), Santa Clara, Cuba, incident, minor damage
- [NTSB DCA18WA247](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA247), Jul 11, 2018: Douglas DC9 (N802WA), Chichen Itza, Mexico, incident, no damage

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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