# NTSB DCA25WA283: Airbus A321, Madrid, Spain, August 3, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 3, 2025, 14:44 local (12:44 UTC)
- Place: Madrid, Spain · departure airport
- Coordinates: 40.62, -3.66 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6200&lon=-3.6600&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-climb to cruise: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA/AVP110, GE Aerospace
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200729
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25WA283
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200729/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA283

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-climb to cruise: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EC-OOJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321 (253NY)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 12375
- Engines: CFM LEAP-1A turbo fan; CFM LEAP-1A turbo fan
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Iberia
- Registered owner: Iberia
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LEMD, Madrid, OF
- Destination: LFPO, Paris, OF

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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