# NTSB DCA15WA093: Airbus Industrie A320-211, Barcellonette, France, March 24, 2015

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: March 24, 2015, 10:47 local (10:47 UTC)
- Place: Barcellonette, France
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 152 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 90914
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA15WA093
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/90914/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA15WA093

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: Security/criminal event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 27 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/350/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: D-AIPX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS INDUSTRIE A320-211 (211)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 147
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Operator: Lufthansa
- Registered owner: Not provided by Authority
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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