# NTSB DCA13WA011: Boeing 737, Riga, Latvia, October 20, 2012

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 20, 2012, 11:50 local (11:50 UTC)
- Place: Riga, Latvia
- Coordinates: 56.59111, 23.843055
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.5911&lon=23.8431&mi=10
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 85388
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/85388/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA011

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Air traffic event](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100), aircraft 2; cases with it: [All aircraft, 115 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/100/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative (aircraft 2)

On October 20, 2012 about 1150 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a loss of separation occurred when a Boeing operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and an Embraer operated by Finnair came within 4.2 nautical miles laterally and 700 feet vertically of each other in the vicinity of point ATRAK near Riga, Latvia. The incident is being investigated by the Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau (TAIIB) of the Republic of Latvia. Inquiries regarding this incident should be directed to: Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau Brivibas Street 58, Room 209 LV-1011 Riga Latvia

## Factual narrative (aircraft 1)

On October 20, 2012, about 1150 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), a loss of separation occurred when a Boeing operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and an Embraer operated by Finnair came within 4.2 nautical miles laterally and 700 feet vertically of each other in the vicinity of point ATRAK near Riga, Latvia. The incident is being investigated by the Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau (TAIIB) of the Republic of Latvia. Inquiries regarding this incident should be directed to: Transport Accident and Incident Investigation Bureau Brivibas Street 58, Room 209 LV-1011 Riga Latvia

## Aircraft 1

- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 (8)
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Klm Royal Dutch Airlines

## Aircraft 2

- Reported make and model: EMBRAER
- Damage: No damage
- Operator: Finnair Oy

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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