# Accident 20110411023702A: Bombardier Inc CL-600-2C10, Jamaica, NY, April 11, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2011, 20:08 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: John F. Kennedy International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: COMA
- Location: 40.6392° N, 73.7894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6392&lon=-73.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N641CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (registry code 1390015, https://openairdocs.org/model/bombardier-cl-600-2c10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF34 series (registry code 30015, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf34-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOMBARDIER INC CL-600-2C10
- People aboard: 56
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 3,500 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA11LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11LA045) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110411023702A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 11, ABOUT 2030 EDT, AN AIRBUS A380, F-HPJD, COLLIDED WITH A BOMBARDIER CRJ700, N641CA, WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF FROM JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (JFK), JAMAICA, NEW YORK. THE CRJ WAS REPORTEDLY STOPPED ON THE RAMP AREA OFF OF TAXIWAY M AWAITING ANOTHER AIRPLANE'S DEPARTURE BEFORE TAXIING TO ITS FINAL PARKING SPOT AT GATE 23. THE A380 WAS CARRYING 485 PASSENGERS AND 25 CREWMEMBERS AND NONE WERE INJURED. THE CRJ WAS CARRYING 52 PASSENGERS AND 4 CREWMEMBERS AND NONE WERE INJURED. THE AIRBUS SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WINGTIP AND WINGLET, AND THE CRJ SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER. PRELIMINARY DATA INDICATES THAT THE CRJ WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.THE AIRBUS WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY AIR FRANCE, AND OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 129. THE CRJ WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY COMAIR, INC., AND WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 121. BOTH AIRPLANES WERE PASSENGER-CARRYING FLIGHTS. THE CRJ HAD DEPARTED LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BOS), MASSACHUSETTS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- NONE, Airbus A-380: no report for this aircraft in the release

## 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 DCA11LA045](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11LA045), Apr 12, 2011: Bombardier CRJ (N641CA), Jamaica, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: the A380 flight crew's inability to identify that the wingtip path of their airplane would not maintain safe clearance from the CRJ701. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the CRJ701…

## Other reports on N641CA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20040210007989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040210007989I), Feb 10, 2004: Cndair CL6002C10 (N641CA), Buffalo, NY. (-23) On February 10, 2004, at 1210 pm EDT, a Bombardier CL-600 2C10, N641CA, flight 5076, operated by comair airlines landed on runway 23 at Buffalo…

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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