# NTSB OPS25LA008: Boeing 737-832, N385DN, Miami, FL, October 30, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: October 30, 2024, 18:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place: Miami, FL
- Coordinates: 25.786216, -80.314117
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7862&lon=-80.3141&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Approach-IFR final approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100); [Taxi-into takeoff position: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320)
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Operational Factors Division
- Parties: FAA, NATCA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195423
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OPS25LA008
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195423/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OPS25LA008

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-IFR final approach: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100) (defining event), aircraft 1
- [Taxi-into takeoff position: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320) (defining event), aircraft 2

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N385DN](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N385DN), registered now, S/N 30348, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-832
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-832](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-832) (registry code 13844CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [CFM International CFM56 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-series) (registry code 13802, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30348
- Year built: 1999
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Delta Air Lines Inc
- Registered owner: Delta Air Lines Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LGA, New York, NY
- Destination: Same as departure
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: MIA, Miami International, runway 9, 13,016 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: [N334QT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N334QT), registered now, S/N 1448, built 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330-243F
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-243F](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-243f) (registry code 3940024) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Royce RR772B-60](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-rr772b-60) (registry code 54593, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1448
- Year built: 2013
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Wilmington Trust Co Trustee
- Registered owner: Wilmington Trust Co Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: BOG, Bogota
- Flight plan: IFR
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 90° at 15 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: KMIA
- METAR: METAR KMIA 302153Z 09015G27KT 10SM SCT026 BKN035 BKN075 BKN250 27/23 A3012 RMK AO2 PK WND 09027/2149 RAE04 SLP199 P0001 T02670228 $=

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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