# NTSB DCA11WA048: Boeing 767 323, N366AA, Barcelona, Spain, April 14, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 14, 2011, 08:30 local (08:30 UTC)
- Place: Barcelona, Spain
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Taxi-to runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200); [Taxi-to runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78979
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA048
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78979/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA048

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-to runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event), aircraft 1; cases with it: [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)
- [Taxi-to runway: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200) (defining event), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

On 14 April 2011, at about 08:30 local, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 and an American Airlines Boeing 767-300 collided while taxiing to runway 25L for takeoff at Barcelona Airport, Barcelona, Spain. The collision was not noticed by either flight crew until after landing at their destination when the damage was observed during the post flight inspection. There were no injuries to the passengers or crewmembers onboard either airplane.The investigation is being conducted by the Spanish Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacture, Design and Registry.

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: N366AA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767 323 (323)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 25193
- Year built: 1991
- Engines: GE CF6-80 SERIES turbo fan; GE CF6-80 SERIES turbo fan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: American Airlines
- Registered owner: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: EI-EKB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 - 804 (800)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: American Airlines
- Registered owner: Ryanair
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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