# NTSB DCA26WA294: Airbus A380, Grapevine, TX, July 21, 2026

- Type: NTSB occurrence investigation
- Classification: Occurrence · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 20, 2026, 20:07 local (Jul 21, 2026, 01:07 UTC)
- Place: Grapevine, TX
- Coordinates: 32.898996, -97.037697
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8990&lon=-97.0377&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 250 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Parties: British Airways
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203486
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA294
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203486/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA294

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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: G-XLEE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A380
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: British Airways
- Registered owner: British Airways
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Destination: LHR, London, OF
- Airport: DFW, Dallas-Fort Worth Intl, runway 18L/36R, 13,401 × 200 ft, concrete

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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