# NTSB DCA26WA029: Mcdonnell Douglas MD88, Mashhad, Iran, November 4, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: November 4, 2025, 05:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place: Mashhad, Iran
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 168 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): 201996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201996/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA029

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EP-TBF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD88 (88)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 53546
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Taban Airlines
- Registered owner: Taban Airlines

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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