# NTSB DCA18WA296: Airbus A320, Tijuana, Mexico, September 26, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 26, 2018, 21:48 local (21:48 UTC)
- Place: Tijuana, Mexico
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 6 minor, 166 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98379
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA296
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98379/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA296

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

The government of Mexico has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a AIRBUS A320 airplane that occurred on September 26, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Mexico's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Mexico.

## Aircraft

- Registration: XA-VOW (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (233)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3543
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- 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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