# NTSB MIA98WA048: Boeing 757-200, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, January 1, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 1, 1998, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 213 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 38556
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98WA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/38556/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA048

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-WJA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 757-200
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Airtours Inc.
- Departed: BGN, BANGOR, ME
- Flight plan: Unknown

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Not reported
- Wind: 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 16 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: MPP

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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