# NTSB DCA26WA114: Saab 340B, Canberra, Australia, January 29, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: January 29, 2026, 16:09 local (05:09 UTC)
- Place: Canberra, Australia · Canberra Aerodrome
- Coordinates: -35.306944, 149.195
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-35.3069&lon=149.1950&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 22 uninjured
- 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): 202413
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA114
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202413/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA114

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: 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-VEZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Vee H Aviation Pty Ltd, doing business as Link Airways
- Registered owner: Vee H Aviation Pty Ltd
- Departed: YSCB, Canberra, OF
- Destination: YWLM, Williamtown, 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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