# NTSB DCA24WA331: Airbus A320, Bordeaux-Merignac, France, September 20, 2024

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: September 20, 2024, 07:21 local (07:21 UTC)
- Place: Bordeaux-Merignac, France
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute: Comm system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/336)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: BEA - France
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199404
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA24WA331
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199404/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA331

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Comm system malf/failure](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/336) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 20 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/336/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-NSF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12117
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aer Lingus
- Registered owner: Aer Lingus
- Departed: Dublin
- Destination: Bordeaux

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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