# NTSB DCA27WA010: Boeing 737, Canberra, Australia, October 4, 2026

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: October 4, 2026
- Place: Canberra, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333)
- 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): 203994
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA27WA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203994/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA27WA010

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Flight control sys malf/fail](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 410 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/333/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-VOL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Brisbane
- Destination: Same as departure

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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