DCA26WA343

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A320 · Mascot, Australia · August 24, 2026

IncidentForeign investigation
Date
August 24, 2026, 21:28 local (21:28 UTC)
Place
Mascot, Australia
Phase of flight
Pushback/towing
Aircraft
VH-VFXAirbus A320VH-84NDe Havilland DHC8
Defining event
Pushback/towing: Air traffic event
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203729

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Airbus A320

Air traffic eventPushback/towingAll aircraft: 115 casesDefining event

Aircraft · 2

Registration
VH-VFX
Reported as
Airbus A320
Registration
VH-84N
Reported as
De Havilland DHC8