# NTSB ENG16WA016: Boeing 737, Cusco, Peru, October 23, 2015

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 23, 2015, 16:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place: Cusco, Peru
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 133 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 92934
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG16WA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92934/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG16WA016

## Factual narrative

The Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes de Aviación – CIAA of Peru has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Peruvian Airlines Boeing 737, which occurred on October 23, 2015. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the CIAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. During the landing sequence, after about 8 seconds a vibration was felt and subsequent collapse of the airplanes right main landing gear occurred. It was also observed that the left main landing gear had a broken shimmy damper actuator and a torsion link fracture. All investigative information will be released by the CIAA.

## 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: OB-2040-P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (3K2)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24329
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operator: Peruvian Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SPIM, Lima
- Destination: SPZO, Cusco
- Airport: SPZO, Alejandro Velasco Astete Airpo
- Equipment: Unknown

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.