# NTSB ENG25WA041: Airbus A320, Pudahuel, Chile, June 9, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: June 9, 2025, 17:34 local (17:34 UTC)
- Place: Pudahuel, Chile · Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport
- Coordinates: -33.390572, -70.793866 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-33.3906&lon=-70.7939&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-into takeoff position: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 118 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): 200450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG25WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200450/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA041

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-into takeoff position: Fire/smoke (non-impact)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/150) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: PR-MAG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320 (232)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1832
- Year built: 2002
- Engines: International Aero Engines V2527-A5 turbo fan; International Aero Engines V2527-A5 turbo fan
- Damage: No damage
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: LATAM Brasil
- Airport: SCEL, Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport

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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