# Accident 20240831012352A: Airbus A350-1041, Atlanta, GA, August 31, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2024, 15:41 local time
- Place: Atlanta, GA
- Airport: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Int
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
- Operator: VAWF
- Location: 33.6367° N, 84.4279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL (ATL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6367&lon=-84.4279&mi=10
- Aircraft: G-VPRD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A350-1041
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240831012352A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 31, 2024, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, SERIAL NUMBER 3308, AN AIRBUS A330-300, OPERATING FROM HARTSFIELD-JACKSON ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ATLANTA GA (ATL) TO SAO PAULO-GUARULHOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAO PAULO BRAZIL (GRU), MADE WINGLET CONTACT WITH THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ G-VPRD, SERIAL NUMBER 319, AN AIRBUS A350-1041, OPERATING FROM ATL TO HEATHROW AIRPORT, LONDON ENGLAND (LHR) WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE ON RUNWAY 27R.

AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A RIGHT TURN FROM TAXIWAY LIMA TO TAXIWAY LIMA CHARLIE, THE LEFT WINGLET OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HIT THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER OF THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. NEITHER CREW WAS AWARE OF THE COLLISION WHEN IT HAPPENED AND BOTH FLIGHTS CONTINUED TO THEIR DESTINATIONS.

WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT LONDON HEATHROW (LHR) AIRPORT, THE DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WAS NOTICED AND REPORTED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^CMO AND NTSB FINAL DETERMINATION IS TBD. NO FAULT IS ATTRIBUTED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N808NW, Airbus A330-300: no report for this aircraft; [N808NW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N808NW) is registered now

## 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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