- Date
- January 23, 2020, 08:45 local (08:45 UTC)
- Place
- Panama City, Panama
- Injuries
- 112 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N703AVAirbus A319
- Defining event
- Enroute-cruise: Inflight upset
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 100885
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
The government of Panama has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Airbus A319 airplane that occurred on January 23, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Panama's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the government of Panama.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N703AV
- Reported as
- Airbus A319 (132)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5406
- Engines
- Iae V2524-A5, 9,895 horsepower, turbo fanIae V2524-A5, 9,895 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Avianca
- Registered owner
- Wells Fargo Trust Co Na Trustee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.