Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Paris-Gonesse France
Tuesady, July 25, 2000 14:50 GMT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

Aircraft departed runway 26R at CDG at 14:42 UTC and was observed by the air traffic control tower personnel to have flames trailing upon rotation and lift off. The airplane undercarriage did not retract, flame continued and there was little altitude gain. The airplane crashed at 14:44 about 5 km. from the takeoff runway. The accident site included a small hotel. Accident Investigation by: Bureau Enquetes-Accidents Batiment 153 - Aeroport du Bourget 93352 Le Bourget Cedex France Phone 33 1 49 92 72 00 Fax 33 1 49 92 72 03 The Final Report of this accident has been released by the Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analysis pour la Securite de Aviation Civil (BEA of France). An English translation of the Final Report was forwarded to the NTSB by letter dated 28, Jan 2002. It is available in the Public Docket and on the BEA website.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/25/2000
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1450
Event Time Zone --
Event City PARIS-GONESSE
Event State --
Event Country FRANCE
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2000
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport --
Event Location Nearest Airport ID --
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport Unknown
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID CDG
Elevation of weather observation facility 0
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions Not Reported
Lowest Ceiling Height 3000
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 1000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Broken
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 9
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 21
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 20
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 3
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury Fatal
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 4
On Ground, Minor Injuries 6
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal 113
Injury Total Minor 6
Injury Total None --
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All 119
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 0
NTSB Notification Source BEA Paris, France
NTSB Notification Date Jul 25 2000 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1600
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Oct 17 2005 4:30PM
User who most recently changed record ntsb\Administrator
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number DCA00RA078
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 129: Foreign
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Destroyed
Aircraft Fire Unknown
Aircraft Explosion Unknown
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Aerospatiale
Aircraft Model CONCORDE VERSION 101
Aircraft Series Identifier CONCORDE V
Aircraft Serial Number --
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class Unknown
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft --
Number of Engines --
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Unknown
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed Unknown
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site Unknown
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name --
Aircraft Owner Street Address --
Aircraft Owner City --
Aircraft Owner State --
Aircraft Owner Country --
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City PARIS
Operator State OF
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not Scheduled
Indicates Domestic or International Flight International
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Unknown
Second Pilot on Board Unknown
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code CDG
Departure City PARIS
Departure State OF
Departure Country --
Departure Time 0
Departure Time Zone --
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code JFK
Destination City NEW YORK
Destination State NY
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight --
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jul 1 2003 9:18AM
User who most recently changed record HAUT
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 0
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --