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NTSB Investigating Delta Airbus A321 Accident Near New York

The accident record lists substantial damage to the aircraft and shows the investigation is open; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 11:34 a.m. ET
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an accident involving a Delta Air Lines near , according to the accident record, which lists the time as about local on July 14, 2026. The event is still developing and few details have been released. The accident record lists the aircraft as having sustained substantial damage and classifies the flight as a Part 121 scheduled air carrier operation. The record identifies the aircraft as and the operator as . No casualty figures are contained in the fact set. The cause has not been determined; the record shows the investigation is open. Aircraft registry records list as an , a twin-engine jet landplane with CFM International CFM56-5B3/3 engines, serial number 8854, built in 2019 and seven years old. The registry lists Delta Air Lines as the operator of record and as the registered owner; an owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to a flight. Delta is a scheduled airline incorporated in Delaware with principal executive offices in Atlanta, Georgia, and an SEC-reporting public company, according to its filings and company materials; its New York operations are hubbed at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports. Its named flight operations post-holder is Vice President-Flight Operations and System Chief Pilot Patrick Burns, and its Senior Vice President of Corporate Safety, Security and Compliance is Brad Sheehan; the investigation has made no finding connecting either post-holder to this accident. A weather observation recorded at Teterboro Airport, 9.9 miles away and three minutes from the reported time, showed wind from 240 degrees at 10 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, clear skies and 86°F. The observation is an instrument reading and is not stated to have any bearing on what happened. As a matter of record, NTSB case files list five other cases involving the same operator: N328NB, an Airbus A319-114, at Boston, MA on June 20, 2026 (DCA26LA242); N513DZ, an Airbus A350-941, at Antogafasta on March 31, 2026 (DCA26WA169); N813NW, an Airbus A330-323, at Sao Paulo on March 30, 2026 (ENG26WA025); N524DN, an Airbus SAS A350-941, at Sydney on March 19, 2026 (DCA26WA163); and N354CA, a Bombardier CL-600-2C10, at College Park, GA on February 26, 2026 (DCA26LA139). The appears in 2 other cases in the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, of which 0 involved a fatality. Neither the operator history nor the type count says anything about the cause of this accident.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N382DN
Type
Airbus A321-211 — twin-engine jet landplane
Engines
CFM INTL CFM56-5B3/3
Built
2019-01-01 (7 years old)
Operator of record
Delta Air Lines
Registered owner
Delta Air Lines IncThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
105 ft
Nearest aerodrome
8.3 miles WSW of LaGuardia Airport (KLGA/LGA)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 15:34current

    Dropped the geographic-elevation and nearby-aerodrome paragraph as non-informative; tightened wording, no factual changes.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 15:21

    First published.

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