# NTSB ENG23WA024: Airbus A320, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, March 22, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 22, 2023, 21:18 local (13:18 UTC)
- Place: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia · Airplane diverted to WBKK.
- Coordinates: 5.928051, 116.050761 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=5.9281&lon=116.0508&mi=10
- 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)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 97 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): 106940
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA024
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106940/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA024

## 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: RP-C4106 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (214)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6925
- Year built: 2015
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Cebu Pacific
- Departed: RPVM, Cebu, OF
- Destination: WSSS, Changi, OF

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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