Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

East Midlands Airport
Tuesady, April 29, 2014 1:28 UTC

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

On April 29, 2014 at about 1:28 UTC, An operator of a B737-476 was landing at East Midland Airport, UK from a flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France. The aircraft was completing its landing roll and was on auto-brake with the thrust reversers just stowed. The Captain applied the brakes in manual to come out of auto-brake at which point there was a loud bang. The aircraft sank downwards to the left and carried on travelling along the runway gradually veering off the centre line and after about 130 metres came to a stop. The emergency services attended the aircraft and the crew of 2 vacated the aircraft without further incident. There were no injuries. The aircraft ended up resting on its left engine nacelle and right main landing gear. The nose gear was off the ground. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) is investigating the incident. The NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative under the provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention of Civil Aviation to assist the AAIB's investigation as the state of manufacturer of the airplane. All inquiries concerning the incident should be directed to the AAIB at: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot Hampshire GU11 2HH Tel: 01252 510300 Fax: 01252 376999 Email: enquiries@aaib.gov.uk Website: http://www.aaib.gov.uk/

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Incident
Event Date 4/29/2014
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 128
Event Time Zone Coordinated Universal Time? Same as GMT
Event City East Midlands Airport
Event State --
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site --
Event Date Year 2014
Event Date Month 4
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
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Elevation of weather observation facility --
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Lighting Conditions --
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Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
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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) --
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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 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency Foreign
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) --
NTSB Notification Source Email Notification
NTSB Notification Date --
NTSB Notification Time --
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information --
Date of most recent change to record Oct 6 2014 1:26PM
User who most recently changed record crup
Basic weather conditions --
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number --
NTSB Number ENG14RA020
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part --
Type of Flight Plan filed --
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name BOEING
Aircraft Model 737 - 476
Aircraft Series Identifier 476
Aircraft Serial Number 24433
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 Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection --
Date of Last Inspection --
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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 USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode --
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name --
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address --
Operator City --
Operator State --
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code --
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate --
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
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Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) --
Second Pilot on Board --
Departure Point Same as Event --
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Destination Same as Local Flt --
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Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Oct 6 2014 1:28PM
User who most recently changed record crup
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Event Location Runway Number and Location --
Runway Length --
Runway Width --
Sight Seeing flight --
Air Medical Flight --
Medical Flight --