Airbus Industrie A319-131 N822UA accident near Santa Barbara, California, July 18, 2025
Airbus Industrie A319-131, registration N822UA, operated by United Airlines, was involved in an accident near Santa Barbara, California on July 18, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as serious. Case DCA25LA268 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 47 minutes of the flight after departing the San Francisco Intl area (KSFO), reaching a maximum of 27,025 ft. The last recorded position was at 00:37 UTC, on the ground, about 1 km from Santa Barbara Muni (KSBA).
The nearest weather report, from KSBA (1 km away), showed wind 140° at 6 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported, weather: HZ (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Airbus A319 131 registered in United States (Mode S AB3A0C).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- July 18, 2025
- Location
- Santa Barbara, California
- Aircraft
- Airbus Industrie A319-131
- Registration
- N822UA
- Operator
- United Airlines
- Injuries
- Serious
- NTSB case
- DCA25LA268 (Completed)
- Departure area
- San Francisco Intl (KSFO)
- Nearest airport
- Santa Barbara Muni (KSBA)
- Recorded flight
- 47 min, max 27,025 ft
- Last recorded position
- 00:37 UTC, on the ground
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case DCA25LA268; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.