# NTSB DCA26WA332: Boeing 737, Mascot, Australia, August 9, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 9, 2026, 10:00 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place: Mascot, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320)
- 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): 203679
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA332
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203679/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA332

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway incursion veh/AC/person](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 104 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/320/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: VH-IJO (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8SA)
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Virgin Australia
- Registered owner: CIT Aerospace

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: VH-XZH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (838)
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Qantas
- Registered owner: Qantas

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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