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Boeing 737-800 incident near Darwin, As, June 19, 2002

On June 19, 2002, a Boeing 737-800, registered VHVOE, was involved in an incident near Darwin. It was flown under rules the NTSB did not record. The NTSB record does not give the injuries. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).

The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged

The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.

Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.

What the record shows

Date
June 19, 2002
Place
Darwin, American Samoa
Type
Incident
Injuries
The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
Weather
visual conditions (good weather)
Aircraft
Boeing 737-800 · all 737-800s on the register
Registration
VHVOE · no longer on the register
Damage
Not recorded
Flight
Flight · rules the NTSB did not record

The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English

The aircraft

  • Landing gear: fixed

The flight

  • Destination: Darwin

Weather at the time

  • Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)

Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report

The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.

Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.