# NTSB ENG22WA003: Boeing 727, Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay, October 31, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 31, 2021
- Place: Ciudad de la Costa, Uruguay
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal, 2 uninjured
- 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): 104315
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG22WA003
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104315/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22WA003

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CX-CAR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 727 (214)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 219958
- Damage: No damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Operator: Air Class Cargo
- Airport: Sumu

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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