# NTSB DCA26WA330: Airbus A321, Mascot, Australia, August 8, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 9, 2026, 07:20 local (Aug 8, 2026, 21:20 UTC)
- Place: Mascot, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 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): 203677
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA330
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203677/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA330

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: Ground handling event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 108 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/080/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: VH-VQJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321 (232)
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Jetstar Airways
- Registered owner: Jetstar Airways

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: A7-BEU (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777 (3DZER)
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Qatar Airways
- Registered owner: Qatar Airways

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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