DCA27WA010

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 737 · Canberra, Australia · October 4, 2026

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
October 4, 2026
Place
Canberra, Australia
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Approach
Aircraft
VH-VOLBoeing 737
Defining event
Approach: Flight control sys malf/fail
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
203994

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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
VH-VOL
Reported as
Boeing 737
Category
Airplane
Damage
No damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
Brisbane
Destination
Same as departure