- Date
- April 27, 2022, 07:07 local (Apr 26, 2022, 21:07 UTC)
- Place
- Queensland, Australia · Gold Coast Aerodrome
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- VH-YFZBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Aircraft structural failure
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- ATSB
- Case key
- 105058
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-YFZ
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 41005
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Virgin Australia Airlines
- Registered owner
- Short Haul 2017 No. 2 Pty. Ltd.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Airport
- YBCG · Gold Coast Aerodrome