# NTSB DCA97WA045: Boeing 737-300, Shenzhen, China, May 8, 1997

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: May 8, 1997
- Place: Shenzhen, China
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 35 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 51100
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA97WA045
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/51100/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA97WA045

## Aircraft

- Reported make and model: Boeing 737-300
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: China Southern Airlines
- Departed: CHONGQING, OF
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Not reported

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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