Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Lyon St Exupery France
Friday, July 6, 2001 13:00 EDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On July 6, 2001, at 1300 eastern daylight time, a Lockheed L-1011, C-FTNA, registered to Air Transat, encountered severe hail showers while climbing through flight level 190, 42 knotical miles North Lyon Saint Exupery, France. The airplane returned to Lyon airport where it landed safely. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed and an international instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the 14 CFR Part 129 commercial flight. The three flight crew members, 11 cabin crew members and 197 passengers were not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight originated from Lyon Airport exact time unknown. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of France. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Bureau Enquetes-Accidents - France Phone: (33) 1 49 92 72 00 This report is for information purposes only and contains only information obtained for or released by the French Government.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/6/2001
Event Day of the Week Friday
Time of Event 1300
Event Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Event City Lyon St Exupery
Event State --
Event Country FRANCE
Zipcode of the event site 00000
Event Date Year 2001
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 --
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation --
Weather Briefing Completeness --
Investigator's weather source --
Time of the weather observation
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) --
Weather Observation Facility ID --
Elevation of weather observation facility --
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) --
Time Zone of the weather observation --
Lighting Conditions --
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions --
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling --
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) --
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) --
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) --
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) --
Variable Wind Indicator --
Wind Speed (knots) --
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator --
Wind Gust (knots) --
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 211
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source NTSB-DCA
NTSB Notification Date Jul 9 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1300
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Jul 12 2001 2:57PM
User who most recently changed record PREJ
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number ATL01WA079
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 129: Foreign
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire --
Aircraft Explosion --
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name LOCKHEED
Aircraft Model L-1011
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number --
Certified Max Gross Weight --
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class --
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 --
Date of Last Inspection --
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours --
ELT Installed --
ELT Activated --
ELT Aided Location of Event Site --
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? --
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? --
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country --
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? Yes
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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) --
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event Yes
Departure Airport Code LFLL
Departure City Lyon St Exupery
Departure State --
Departure Country FR
Departure Time --
Departure Time Zone EDT
Destination Same as Local Flt --
Destination Airport Code EDDB
Destination City --
Destination State --
Destination Country --
Specific Phase of Flight Climb
Report sent to ICAO? Yes
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record Jul 12 2001 2:58PM
User who most recently changed record PREJ
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --