# NTSB ENG19WA023: Boeing 767, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 28, 2019

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 28, 2019, 17:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 104 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 99366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG19WA023
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/99366/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG19WA023

## Factual narrative

The Government of South Africa has notified the NTSB of an incident involving an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-2NOER with Pratt & Whitney PW4056 engines on April 28, 2019. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative in accordance with the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane and engines to assist the South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) with its investigation. All investigative information will be released by the CAA.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: Z-WPF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767 (2N0)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 24857
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PW4056 turbo fan; Pratt & Whitney PW4056 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air Zimbabwe
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: JNB, Johannesburg
- Destination: HRE
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JNB
- Equipment: Data recorder

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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