# NTSB ENG23WA042: Airbus A320, N740AV, Enroute Bogota - Barranquilla, Colombia, September 13, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 13, 2023, 10:56 local (10:56 UTC)
- Place: Enroute Bogota - Barranquilla, Colombia
- Coordinates: 6.98, -73.93
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=6.9800&lon=-73.9300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 150 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: DIACC, Collins Aerospace, FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 193202
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193202/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA042

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Electrical system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/332) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N740AV](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N740AV), registered now, S/N 6411, built 2015 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (214)
- Registry model: [Airbus A320-214](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-214) (registry code 3940006) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56-5B4/3 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-5b4-3-series) (registry code 13090, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6411
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aerovias Del Continente Americano S.A. (Avianca)
- Registered owner: Wells Fargo Trust Company
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SKBO, Bogota
- Destination: SKBQ, Barranquilla
- Flight plan: IFR
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, ADS-B

## Other investigations on N740AV (1)

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.

- [NTSB DCA21WA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA21WA098), Oct 4, 2020: Airbus A320-214 (N740AV), Bogata, Colombia, incident, substantial damage

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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