# NTSB ENG22WA026: Airbus A320, Tambon Nong Prue, Thailand, April 8, 2022

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: April 9, 2022, 06:56 local (Apr 8, 2022, 23:56 UTC)
- Place: Tambon Nong Prue, Thailand · Suvarnabhumi Airport
- Coordinates: 13.696792, 100.752349
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.6968&lon=100.7523&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Initial climb: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 132 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): 105082
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG22WA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105082/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG22WA026

## Sequence of events

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

- [Initial climb: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: HS-VKC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (214)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6878
- Year built: 2015
- Damage: No damage
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Part 129
- Operator: Thai Vietjet Air Joint Stock Co.,Ltd
- Registered owner: Thai Vietjet Air Joint Stock Co.,Ltd
- Destination: VTSS, Hat Yai
- Airport: VTBS, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Thailand

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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