# Accident 20100903050449A: Boeing 747-44AF, Dubai, September 3, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2010, 19:41 local time
- Place: Dubai
- Airport: Dubai International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: IPXA
- Location: 25.2526° N, 55.3641° E: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.2526&lon=55.3641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N571UP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N571UP-2010-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 747-44AF (registry code 13848B2, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-747-44af) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80C2B1F (registry code 30106, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80c2b1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-44AF
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80C2B1F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,200 total, 241 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA10RA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10RA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100903050449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2010, AT APPROXIMATELY 1941 LOCAL, N571UP, A BOEING 747-400, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY UNITED PARCEL SERVICE AS A PART 121 CARGO ONLY FLIGHT NUMBER 6, IMPACTED THE GROUND, CRASHED INTO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, CAR PORTS AND VEHICLES LOCATED ON A MILITARY BASE (NAD AL SHEBA) NINE MILES SOUTH OF DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (DXB).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CAPTAIN AND FIRST OFFICER WERE FATALLY INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DXB AND WAS ENROUTE TO COLOGNE, GERMANY (CGN) WITH A FULL LOAD OF CARGO.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DCA10RA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA10RA092), Sep 3, 2010: Boeing 747-44AF (N571UP), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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