# NTSB DCA26WA301: Airbus A321, Brasilia, Brazil, July 29, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 29, 2026, 11:45 local (11:45 UTC)
- Place: Brasilia, Brazil
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 214 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): 203514
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA301
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203514/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA301

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Birdstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 253 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/901/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PT-XPF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321 (211)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6670
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: TAM Linhas Aereas
- Registered owner: TAM Linhas Aereas
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: BSB, Brasilia, OF
- Destination: SSA, Salvador, 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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