# NTSB ENG25WA052: Airbus A320, Haute-Corse, France, August 20, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 3 · Foreign
- Date: August 20, 2025
- Place: Haute-Corse, France
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Aviation Engineering Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200901
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ENG25WA052
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200901/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ENG25WA052

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Turbulence encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/360) (defining event)

## Aircraft

- Registration: F-HBNJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4908
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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