DCA27WA009

NTSB incident investigation · Airbus A320-214 · Kingston, Jamaica · October 9, 2026

Incident · No injuriesClass 5 · Foreign
Date
October 9, 2026, 07:25 local (07:25 UTC)
Place
Kingston, Jamaica
Injuries
162 uninjured
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N207FRAirbus A320-214
Defining event
Enroute: Turbulence encounter
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203977

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
N207FR
Reported as
Airbus A320-214
Flight
Part 129
Operator
Avianca
Registered owner
Umb Bank Na Trustee

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