# NTSB DCA11WA021: Mcdonnell Douglas MD, Paris, France, January 12, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 12, 2011
- Place: Paris, France
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78190
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA021
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78190/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA021

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: Fuel related](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 361 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/190/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On January 12, 2011, an Air Burkina Boeing MD-83 experienced near fuel exhaustion while attempting to land at Orly International Airport, Paris, France. During the ferry flight with landing gear down the flight crew determined that it did not have enough fuel to proceed to its destination and decided to return to Orly. Air traffic controllers directed the flight to go around due to poor geographic positioning of the airplane for landing. The flight landed uneventfully on the second approach with weather conditions below minimums. The Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA) of France is investigating the event. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of design and manufacture of the airplane. All inquiries concerning 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

- Reported make and model: MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD (83)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Air Burkina
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Paris
- Flight plan: Unknown
- Airport: Orly 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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