# NTSB ENG22WA024: Boeing 737, Queensland, Australia, April 26, 2022

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 27, 2022, 07:07 local (Apr 26, 2022, 21:07 UTC)
- Place: Queensland, Australia · Gold Coast Aerodrome
- Coordinates: -28.164444, 153.504722
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-28.1644&lon=153.5047&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: ATSB
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105058
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG22WA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105058/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22WA024

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Aircraft structural failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/337) (defining event)
- [Initial climb: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- [Initial climb: Part(s) separation from AC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/338)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-YFZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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