Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Heathrow Iap
Sunday, November 6, 2005 12:38 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On November 6, 2005, at 1238 local British time, an American Airllines Boeing 777 was struck by a Turkish Airline Airbus A340 while the Boeing 777 was stationary at the runway hold area awaiting takeoff clearance. Wingtips of both aircraft were damaged. The event occurred at Heathrow International Airport, England, and is being investigated by the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 11/6/2005
Event Day of the Week Sunday
Time of Event 1238
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City Heathrow IAP
Event State --
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2005
Event Date Month 11
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
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 243
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source British Air Accidents Investig
NTSB Notification Date Dec 5 2005 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Dec 6 2005 2:28PM
User who most recently changed record DELI
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N781AN --
NTSB Number DCA06WA008A DCA06WA008B
Missing Aircraft Indicator -- --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 121: Air Carrier Non-U.S., Commercial
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? Yes Yes
Damage Substantial Unknown
Aircraft Fire -- --
Aircraft Explosion -- --
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Boeing Airbus
Aircraft Model B-777 A340
Aircraft Series Identifier -- --
Aircraft Serial Number -- --
Certified Max Gross Weight -- --
Aircraft Category Airplane 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 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 AALS --
Owner has at least one certificate -- --
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 Passenger Only Passenger Only
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) -- --
Second Pilot on Board -- --
Departure Point Same as Event Yes Yes
Departure Airport Code LHR LHR
Departure City Heathrow IAP Heathrow IAP
Departure State -- --
Departure Country UK UK
Departure Time -- --
Departure Time Zone UTC UTC
Destination Same as Local Flt -- --
Destination Airport Code ORD --
Destination City Chicago --
Destination State IL --
Destination Country USA --
Specific Phase of Flight Standing - engine(s) operating --
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Dec 6 2005 2:28PM Dec 6 2005 2:28PM
User who most recently changed record DELI DELI
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 -- --