# NTSB ENG23WA041: Airbus A320, Almaty, Kazakhstan, September 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: September 17, 2023, 12:35 local (06:35 UTC)
- Place: Almaty, Kazakhstan · RW Aerodrome Almaty (ALA)
- Coordinates: 43.380944, 76.988802 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3809&lon=76.9888&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Uncontained engine failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/343)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA AVP-100, McNair Flight Safety, Accident and Incident Investigation Department of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Air Astana, Pratt & Whitney
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193149
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193149/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA041

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Uncontained engine failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/343) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-KBK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (271N)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 09459
- Year built: 2020
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air Astana

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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