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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Uberlingen Georgia
Monday, July 1, 2002 21:35 UTC
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On July 1, 2002, about 2335 local time, a Boeing 757-200, Bahrain registration A9C-DHL, operating as DHL flight 611, and a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev TU154, Russian registration RA85816, collided in midair over Uberlingen, Germany. The two flight crewmembers onboard A9C-DHL suffered fatal injuries. Twelve crewmembers and 57 passengers onboard RA85816 also suffered fatal injuries.
The German Accident Investgation Bureau is responsible for the investigation. For further information contact:
Bundesstelle fur
Flugunfalluntersuchung
Hermann-Blenk-Str. 16
38108 Braunschweig
Germany
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/1/2002 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 2135 |
| Event Time Zone | Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Event City | Uberlingen |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | GEORGIA |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2002 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | Yes |
| 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 | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | 71 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 71 |
| Investigating Agency | Foreign |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | comm center |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 1 2002 4:18PM |
| User who most recently changed record | HAUT |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | -- | -- |
| NTSB Number | DCA02RA047A | DCA02RA047B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Commercial | Non-U.S., Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | -- | -- |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | No | No |
| Damage | Destroyed | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Explosion | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Boeing | Tupolev |
| Aircraft Model | 757-23F | TU154 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Serial Number | -- | -- |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | -- | -- |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | 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 | 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 | DHLA | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | -- | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | Scheduled | Scheduled |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | International | International |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | Cargo | Passenger Only |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | -- | -- |
| Second Pilot on Board | -- | -- |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No | No |
| Departure Airport Code | -- | -- |
| Departure City | Bergamo | -- |
| Departure State | -- | -- |
| Departure Country | IT | -- |
| Departure Time | -- | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | UTC | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | BRH | -- |
| Destination City | BRUSSELS | -- |
| Destination State | -- | -- |
| Destination Country | BE | -- |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Cruise | Cruise |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | No | No |
| Date of most recent change to record | Aug 1 2002 4:18PM | Aug 1 2002 4:18PM |
| User who most recently changed record | HAUT | HAUT |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | -- | -- |
| Runway Length | -- | -- |
| Runway Width | -- | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |