# NTSB DCA11WA079: Airbus Airbus A330, Caracas, Venezuela, April 13, 2011

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 13, 2011, 18:55 local (18:55 UTC)
- Place: Caracas, Venezuela
- 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): 81070
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/81070/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA079

## 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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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