# NTSB DCA12WA140: Boeing 747-400, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, August 20, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: August 20, 2012, 19:48 local (19:48 UTC)
- Place: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining events: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200); [Unknown: 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): 84935
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA12WA140
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/84935/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA12WA140

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi: 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)
- [Unknown: 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)

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), has notified the NTSB of an ground collision accident involving a Boeing 747-300 and a Boeing 747-400 that occurred on August 20, 2012. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the GACA investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the GACA. General Authority of Civil Aviation P.O. Box 887, Jeddah,2l42l Kingdom of Saudi Arabia FAX: +966-2-685-5507 Phone: + 966-2-685-5509 / +966-2-685-5515 EMAIL: sd@gaca.gov.sa

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: YI-AQQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-400
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 27099
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operator: Iraqi Airways
- Airport: OEJN, King Abdulaziz International

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: TF-AME (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 747-300
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 23032
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operator: Air Atlanta
- Airport: OEJN, King Abdulaziz International

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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