# NTSB DCA26WA309: Airbus A320, Balmaceda, Chile, July 17, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 17, 2026, 13:08 local (16:08 UTC)
- Place: Balmaceda, Chile · Annex 13 Notification
- Coordinates: -45.914167, -71.69 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-45.9142&lon=-71.6900&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 138 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): 203579
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA309
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203579/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA309

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-BAZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (214)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5229
- Engines: CFM International CFM56-5B4 turbo fan; CFM International CFM56-5B4 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: LAN Airlines
- Registered owner: LAN Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: SCL, Santiago
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: BBA, Balmaceda, runway 09

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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