# NTSB DCA26WA249: Airbus Canada BD500, Berthoud, CO, June 24, 2026

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 24, 2026, 11:50 local (17:50 UTC)
- Place: Berthoud, CO
- Location: 40.2898° N, 104.9670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Berthoud, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2898&lon=-104.9670&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-descent: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 43 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203253
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA249
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203253/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA249

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-descent: 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: CGJYI (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS CANADA BD500 (1A11)
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Air Canada
- Registered owner: Air Canada

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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