# NTSB ENG21WA009: Boeing 737, Johannesburg, South Africa, December 25, 2020

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 25, 2020, 12:37 local (12:37 UTC)
- Place: Johannesburg, South Africa
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 102462
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG21WA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/102462/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG21WA009

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Powerplant sys/comp malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/340) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ZS-SJR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (844)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32631
- Year built: 2002
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Safair
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: JNB, Johannesburg
- Destination: CPT, Capetown
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: JNB, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 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.

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