- Date
- March 5, 2026, 00:47 UTC
- Place
- Baltimore, MD
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N556UWAirbus A321
- Defining event
- Enroute-climb to cruise: Electrical system malf/failure
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Aviation Engineering Division
- Case key
- 202764
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N556UW
- Reported as
- Airbus A321 (231)
- Operator
- American Airlines Inc
- Registered owner
- American Airlines Inc
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.