Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Gatwick Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom
Saturday, June 12, 2010 UTC
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
On June 12, 2010, at about 0045 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), a Thomas Cook Airlines Boeing 757-28A, registration number G-TCBA, while cruising at FL360, experienced a fuel leak from the left engine, a Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4-37 turbofan engine. The flight crew diagnosed the fuel leak and cross-fed fuel to correct the imbalance; however, the fuel leak persisted. The captain declared a PAN call and the airplane was cleared to make an approach to Runway 26L at London Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom. The airplane made an uneventful landing and no injuries were reported. The flight was a scheduled flight from Milas-Bodrum Airport, Turkey, to London Gatwick Airport. Subsequent investigation by the operator's maintenance engineers traced the source of the fuel leak to a pipe coupling at the high pressure fuel pump outlet on the left engine.
The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the government of United Kingdom. Further information pertaining to this incident may be obtained from:
Air Accidents Investigation Branch
Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
Berkshire Copse Road
Aldershot
Hants
GU11 2HH
United Kingdom
Tel.: (44) 1252 510300
(44) 171 890 5999 (after hours)
E-mail: enquiries@aaib.gov.uk
Fax: (44) 1252 376999
AFTN: EGGCYLYX
Telex: 858119 ACCINV G
Website: http://www.dft.gov.uk
This report is for informational purposes only and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of United Kingdom.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Incident |
| Event Date | 6/12/2010 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 45 |
| Event Time Zone | Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT |
| Event City | Gatwick Airport, United Kingdom |
| Event State | -- |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | -- |
| Event Date Year | 2010 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | Gatwick Airport |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | LGW |
| 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 | Unknown |
| 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 | -- |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | -- |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | -- |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | -- |
| Investigating Agency | Foreign |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | -- |
| NTSB Notification Source | UK Air Accidents Investigation |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | -- |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 25 2010 7:54AM |
| User who most recently changed record | defc |
| Basic weather conditions | -- |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
|
|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
|
| Aircraft Registration Number | -- |
| NTSB Number | ENG10WA059 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | -- |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Non-U.S., Commercial |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | Yes |
| Damage | None |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BOEING |
| Aircraft Model | 757 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 28A |
| 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 | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | -- |
| Date of Last Inspection | -- |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | Thomas Cook Airlines |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | The Thomas Cook Business Park Coningsby Road |
| Aircraft Owner City | Peterborough |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | UK |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | PE3 8SB |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | The Thomas Cook Business Park Coningsby Road |
| Operator City | Peterborough |
| Operator State | -- |
| Operator Country | UK |
| Operator Zip code | PE3 8SB |
| Operator Code | F7YF |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| Operator Certificate Number | F7YF748F |
| 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 | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | BJV |
| Departure City | Milas-Bodrum Ai |
| Departure State | -- |
| Departure Country | TU |
| Departure Time | -- |
| Departure Time Zone | -- |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | crash at destination city |
| Destination Airport Code | LGW |
| Destination City | Gatwick Airport |
| Destination State | -- |
| Destination Country | UK |
| Specific Phase of Flight | -- |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Oct 22 2010 10:36AM |
| User who most recently changed record | scaj |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | N/A |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |