- Date
- February 17, 2026, 04:45 local (Feb 16, 2026, 17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Melbourne Airport, Australia · per notification
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- ZK-TXBBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Runway incursion veh/AC/person
- Investigation class
- Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- FAA/AVP, Boeing
- Case key
- 202451
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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.
Runway incursion veh/AC/personAll aircraft: 104 casesDefining event
Aircraft
- Registration
- ZK-TXB
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (8BK)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 29644
- Engines
- Cfmi CFM56-7B27, turbo fanCfmi CFM56-7B27, turbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Texel Air Australasia
- Destination
- YPAD · Adelaide, OF
- Airport
- YMML · Melbourne Airport, runway 34