# Accident 20200516009139A: Airbus A-330-243F, Cincinnati, OH, May 16, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2020, 05:50 local time
- Place: Cincinnati, OH
- Airport: Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky I
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: 4EUF
- Location: 39.1035° N, 84.5153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cincinnati, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1035&lon=-84.5153&mi=10
- Aircraft: D-ALMD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A-330-243F
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC RB211 772B-60
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200516009139A

## Narrative

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

ON THE MORNING OF MAY 16, 2020, A TOWING ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT THE CINCINNATI/NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

AN AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY EUROPEAN AIR TRANSPORT LEIPZIG GMBH, BEARING REGISTRATION D-ALMD, AN AIRBUS A330-243F, HAD ARRIVED AT CVG AS FLIGHT NUMBER QY 394 FROM LEIPZIG. WHILE BEING TOWED, THE HEADSET OPERATOR ON THE GROUND WAS OVERRUN BY THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR. THE MAN SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS LEGS AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.  BOTH OF HIS LEGS WERE REPORTEDLY LOST.

THE INBOUND CREW WAS NOT AFFECTED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS UNDAMAGED AND THE CARGO WAS OFF LOADED.

THE COMPANY IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE NTSB AND APPRISED THE AGENCY OF THE SITUATION.  NTSB RELEASED THE AIRPLANE.

THE COMPANY HAS FILED A FORM 6120 WITH NTSB.

AIRCRAFT WAS UNPOWERED, AND BEING TOWED BY GROUND PERSONNEL.  FLIGHT CREW WAS ON ONBOARD AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, BUT NOT PERFORMING ANY FLIGHT RELATED DUTIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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