# NTSB DCA26WA338: Boeing 737, Hongseong, South Korea, August 22, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 22, 2026, 05:30 local (05:30 UTC)
- Place: Hongseong, South Korea
- Coordinates: 36.507368, 126.675917
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5074&lon=126.6759&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 189 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Boeing, GE Aerospace, ARAIB, Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203696
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA26WA338
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203696/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA26WA338

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 423 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HL8061 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 37514
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Jeju Air
- Registered owner: Jeju Air
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: GMP, Seoul, OF
- Destination: CJU, Jeju City, 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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