# NTSB DCA25WA320: Boeing 737, Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten, September 7, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: September 7, 2025, 17:29 local (17:29 UTC)
- Place: Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
- Coordinates: 18.040459, -63.113672
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0405&lon=-63.1137&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Boeing, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200954
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25WA320
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200954/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA320

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: C-GWSR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8CT)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: WestJet
- Registered owner: WestJet
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: CYYZ, Toronto
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: TNCM, Princess Juliana International Airport, runway 10

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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