# NTSB DCA11WA002: Boeing 767, Bristol, United Kingdom, October 3, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 3, 2010, 05:41 local (05:41 UTC)
- Place: Bristol, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 77486
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA002
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77486/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA002

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 3, 2010, at 0541 UTC, a Thompson Airways Boeing 767 experienced a hard landing at Bristol International Airport (BRS), Bristol, England. The aircraft was completing a flight from Cancun International Airport (CUN), Cancun, Mexico. Upon parking, damage was observed on the crown of the aircraft. No injuries occurred. The accident is being investigated by the British Air Accidents Investigation Branch. The NTSB has designated an Accredited Representative under the provisions of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13 as the state of manufacture. All inquiries should be directed to: Air Accidents Investigation Branch Department of Transport Farnborough House Berkshire Copse Road Aldershot Hants GU11 2HH United Kingdom Website: http://www.aaib.gov.uk

## Aircraft

- Registration: G-OOBK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767 (324)
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Thompson Airways Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: CUN, Cancun
- Destination: BRS, Bristol
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: BRS, Bristol International 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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