# NTSB DCA08WA100: Boeing B737-800, Paris, France, August 16, 2008

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 16, 2008, 12:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place: Paris, France
- Location: 49.0090° N, 2.5541° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (LFPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.0090&lon=2.5541&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 68991
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA08WA100
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/68991/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA08WA100

## Probable cause

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## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

On August 16, 2008, a Boeing 737-800, serial number YK633, Egyptian registration SU-BPZ, struck runway lights near a construction zone while departing runway 27L at Paris Charles DeGaulle airport. The airplane continued to Alexandria, Egypt. There were no injuries and a local Boeing service representative in Egypt reported three nose tires were replaced. There was an undetermined further extent of damage. The aircraft was operated by AMC Aircraft Maintenance Corporation of Egypt. Initial information from the operator indicated the flight crew miscalculated runway length and aircraft speeds for departure. This investigation is being conducted by the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile (BEA) of France. All inquiries regarding this investigation should be directed to the BEA at: Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile Bâtiment 153 Aéroport du Bourget 93350 Le Bourget France Website: http://www.bea-fr.org

## Factual narrative

On August 16, 2008, a Boeing 737-800, serial number YK633, Egyptian registration SU-BPZ, struck runway lights near a construction zone while departing runway 27L at Paris Charles DeGaulle airport. The airplane continued to Alexandria, Egypt. There were no injuries and a local Boeing service representative in Egypt reported three nose tires were replaced. There was an undetermined further extent of damage. The aircraft was operated by AMC Aircraft Maintenance Corporation of Egypt. Initial information from the operator indicated the flight crew miscalculated runway length and aircraft speeds for departure. This investigation is being conducted by the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile (BEA) of France. All inquiries regarding this investigation should be directed to the BEA at: Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile Bâtiment 153 Aéroport du Bourget 93350 Le Bourget France Website: http://www.bea-fr.org

## Aircraft

- Registration: SU-BPZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING B737-800
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: YK633
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aircraft Maintenance Corporation
- Registered owner: Aircraft Maintenance Corporation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Paris
- Destination: Alexandria
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LFPG, Charles DeGaulle

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)
- Wind: 210° at 7 knots

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.

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