# NTSB MIA98WA251: Boeing 757-223, N650AA, La Paz, Bolivia, September 20, 1998

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 20, 1998, 05:55 local (09:55 UTC)
- Place: La Paz, Bolivia
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 162 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB case key (mKey): 44029
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA98WA251
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/44029/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98WA251

## Aircraft

- Registration: N650AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing 757-223
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: American Airlines, Inc.
- Departed: KMIA, MIAMI, FL
- Destination: SLLP
- Flight plan: IFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Not reported
- Wind: 90° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: SLL

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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