# NTSB ENG23WA006: Boeing 737, Mogadishu, Somalia, December 26, 2022

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 4 · Foreign
- Date: December 26, 2022, 04:43 local (04:43 UTC)
- Place: Mogadishu, Somalia
- Coordinates: 2.018096, 45.303826
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=2.0181&lon=45.3038&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 112 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: AAIB- Somalia
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106525
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA006
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106525/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA006

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: ET-APL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (860)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 40965
- Year built: 2012
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operator: Ethiopian Airlines
- Registered owner: Ethiopian Leasing LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: HAAB, Addis Ababa, OF
- Airport: HCMM, Aden Adde International Airport
- 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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