# NTSB ENG23WA046: Boeing 747, Nairobi, Kenya, April 17, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 17, 2023
- Place: Nairobi, Kenya
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- 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): 195400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG23WA046
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195400/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG23WA046

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9V-SFO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747 (412F)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 32900
- Year built: 2004
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Singapore Airlines Cargo
- Registered owner: Singapore Airlines Cargo
- Departed: HKJK, Nairobi, OF
- Destination: EHAM, Amsterdam, OF
- Flight plan: VFR

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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