# NTSB DCA24LA195: Airbus A330, Orlando, FL, May 18, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: May 18, 2024, 18:50 UTC
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 5 minor
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194351
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24LA195
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194351/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA195

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-GCF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330 (302)
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aer Lingus
- Registered owner: Aer Lingus

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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