DCA25WA294

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Madrid, Spain · August 13, 2025

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
August 13, 2025, 09:30 local (09:30 UTC)
Place
Madrid, Spain
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
9H-VVLBoeing 737
Defining event
Enroute-climb to cruise: Birdstrike
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
200795

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

BirdstrikeEnroute-climb to cruiseAll aircraft: 253 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
9H-VVL
Reported as
Boeing 737 (800)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
Madrid
Destination
Palma de Mallorca