# NTSB DCA26WA170: Boeing 737, Balneario de Panticosa, Spain, March 29, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: March 29, 2026, 13:53 local (13:53 UTC)
- Place: Balneario de Panticosa, Spain · Annex 13 Notification and FlightRadar24 estimate
- Coordinates: 42.794645, -0.220299 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7946&lon=-0.2203&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 6 minor, 173 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: GE Aerospace, CIAIAC, Boeing ASI, FAA AVP-110
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202749
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA170
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202749/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA170

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: 9H-QEP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8AS)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 44834
- Year built: 2018
- Engines: CFM International CFM56-7B26 turbo fan; CFM International CFM56-7B26 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Malta Air
- Registered owner: Ryanair Holdings
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LPPR, Porto, OF
- Destination: LFBP, Toulouse, OF
- Flight plan: IFR

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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