# NTSB DCA18WA298: Airbus A320, Sydney, Australia, September 30, 2018

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: September 29, 2018, 22:00 local (Sep 30, 2018, 03:00 UTC)
- Place: Sydney, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 98423
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA298
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/98423/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA298

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-VFX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (232)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Jetstar Airways
- 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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