# NTSB DCA20WA070: Airbus A380, Los Angeles, CA, February 2, 2020

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: February 2, 2020, 02:10 UTC
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Coordinates: 33.970504, -118.239372 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9705&lon=-118.2394&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100905
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA20WA070
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100905/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA20WA070

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: 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 General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates has informed the NTSB of an accident involving an Airbus A-380, which occurred on February 2, 2020. The NTSB has appointed a U.S Accredited Representative to assist the GCAA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All investigative information will be released by the GCAA.

## Aircraft

- Registration: A6-EON (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A380
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Registered owner: Emirates
- 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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