# NTSB DCA25WA294: Boeing 737, Madrid, Spain, August 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 13, 2025, 09:30 local (09:30 UTC)
- Place: Madrid, Spain
- Coordinates: 40.485118, -3.564864
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4851&lon=-3.5649&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)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200795
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25WA294
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200795/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA294

## 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: 9H-VVL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Madrid
- Destination: Palma de Mallorca

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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