# NTSB DCA25WA300: Airbus A320, Caloundra, Australia, August 11, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 11, 2025, 03:45 local (03:45 UTC)
- Place: Caloundra, Australia
- Coordinates: -26.814792, 153.483503 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-26.8148&lon=153.4835&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200824
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25WA300
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200824/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA300

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-VQL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (232)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2642
- Engines: ; International Aero Engines V2527-A5 turbo fan; 
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Jetstar
- Registered owner: Jetstar
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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