Boeing 737 incident near Perth, Au, December 4, 2012
On December 4, 2012 at about 4:18 pm local time, a Boeing 737, registered VHVZL, was involved in an incident near Perth. It was flown under foreign airline rules (Part 129). The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
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
- December 4, 2012 · about 4:18 pm local time
- Place
- Perth, Australia
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- The NTSB record does not give the injuries.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 838 · all 737s on the register
- Registration
- VHVZL · no longer on the register · serial 34194
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · foreign airline rules (Part 129)
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On 4 December 2012, at approximately 1618 local time, a Boeing 737-800, registration VH-VZL, experienced a significant wind shift which degraded the aircraft's takeoff performance during the takeoff run. The crew applied full power and continued the takeoff. There was no damage to the airplane, and no injuries. The investigation is being conducted by the Australian Transportation Safery Bureau. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture and Design of the airplane. All inquiries should be directed to the ATSB at: Australian Transportation Safery Bureau 62 Northbourne Avenue Canberra ACT 2601 Tel: 1800 020 616 Email: atsbinfo@atsb.gov.au
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
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.
Other NTSB records under VHVZL the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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.