Boeing 757-232 incident near San Salvador, OF, July 17, 2023
On July 17, 2023 at about 2:40 pm local time, a 1993 Boeing 757-232, registered N684DA, was involved in an incident during taxi near San Salvador, OF (El Salvador International Airp airport). It was flown under non-U.S. commercial rules. No one was hurt; 200 people were on board or involved.
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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 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 17, 2023 · about 2:40 pm local time
- Place
- San Salvador, OF, Sv · El Salvador International Airp · map
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 200 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 757-232, built 1993 · all 757-232s on the register
- Registration
- N684DA · registry record · serial 27104
- Damage
- Damage not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · non-U.S. commercial rules
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Landing gear collapse during taxi defining event
The aircraft
- Seats: 178
- Landing gear: retractable
- Operator: Delta Air Lines INC
The flight
- Destination: LAX Los Angeles CA
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 6 | |||
| Passengers | 194 |
Other NTSB records under N684DA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number DCA23WA369.