# NTSB DCA20WA061: Airbus A319, N703AV, Panama City, Panama, January 23, 2020

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 23, 2020, 08:45 local (08:45 UTC)
- Place: Panama City, Panama
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Inflight upset](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/271)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 112 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100885
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA20WA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100885/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA061

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Inflight upset](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/271) (defining event); cases with it: [Airbus A319-132, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/271/sequence.md?model=3940015), [All aircraft, 74 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/271/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N703AV-2023-06-02), registration cancelled 2023-06-02, S/N 5406, built 2013 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Airbus A319 (132)
- Registry model: [Airbus A319-132](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a319-132) (registry code 3940015) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [IAE V2524-A5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-v2524-a5) (registry code 34608, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5406
- Engines: Iae V2524-A5 9895 horsepower turbo fan; Iae V2524-A5 9895 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

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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