# NTSB ENG21WA038: Airbus A320, Concepcion, Chile, May 27, 2021

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: May 27, 2021, 13:24 local (13:24 UTC)
- Place: Concepcion, Chile · Region del Biobio
- Coordinates: 364617, 730345
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 147 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103725
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG21WA038
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103725/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG21WA038

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310); cases with it: [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: CC-AWL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 271N
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: JetSmart Airlines SpA
- Departed: SCIE, Concepcion

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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