# NTSB ENG23WA043: ATR ATR72, Brazzavillec, Congo - Kinshasa, July 29, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 29, 2023
- Place: Brazzavillec, Congo - Kinshasa
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 84 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): 193678
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA043
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/193678/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA043

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: TN-AKA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ATR ATR72 (212A)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Fire: In-Flight
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Africa Airlines
- Departed: FCBB, Brazzaville
- Destination: FCPP, Pointe-Noire
- Airport: FCBB, Maya-Maya

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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