# NTSB DCA09RA010: Boeing, Ciampino, Italy, November 10, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 10, 2008, 06:55 local (06:55 UTC)
- Place: Ciampino, Italy
- Coordinates: 41.799167, 12.594721
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7992&lon=12.5947&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69428
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09RA010
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69428/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09RA010

## 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.

- [Approach: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Analysis

On November 10, 2008, at 0655 UTC, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registered in Ireland as EI-DYG, experienced multiple birdstrikes affecting engine thrust while landing at Ciampino Airport, Rome, Italy. The aircraft subsequently experienced a collapsed left main landing gear upon touchdown. No fatalities or serious injuries occurred. The accident is being investigated by the Italian Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo. (ANSV).

## Factual narrative

On November 10, 2008, at 0655 UTC, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registered in Ireland as EI-DYG, experienced multiple birdstrikes affecting engine thrust while landing at Ciampino Airport, Rome, Italy. The aircraft subsequently experienced a collapsed left main landing gear upon touchdown. No fatalities or serious injuries occurred. The accident is being investigated by the Italian Agenzia Nazionale per la Sicurezza del Volo. (ANSV).

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-DYG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Ryanair Limited
- Registered owner: Ryanair Limited
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: HHN, Frankfurt Hahn
- Destination: CIA, Ciampino
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: CIA, Ciampino Airport

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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