- Date
- April 13, 2011, 18:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- F-GZCBAirbus Airbus A330
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81070
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On April 13, 2011, about 1855 UTC, an Airbus A330-200, F-GZCB, experienced a hard landing at Simon Bolivar International Airport (CCS), Caracas, Venezuela. No injuries occurred. The flight was registered to and operated by Air France. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which originated at Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), Paris, France. The investigation has been delegated to the French Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses pour la Securite de l'Aviation Civile(BEA) by the government of Venezuela. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the BEA investigation as the state of manufacture of system equiment on the airplane. All inquiries 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
- F-GZCB
- Reported as
- Airbus Airbus A330 (200)
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air France
- Registered owner
- Air France
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- CDG · Paris
- Destination
- CCS · Caracas
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CCS · Simon Bolivar IAP, runway 10