- Date
- August 25, 2013, 13:49 local (13:49 UTC)
- Place
- Luton, United Kingdom
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N721FDAirbus Industrie A300B4-622R
- Defining event
- Initial climb: Miscellaneous/other
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 87910
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of the United Kingdom has notified the NTSB of an incident involving an Airbus A300 operated by Federal Express Corp, which occurred on August 25, 2013. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of the Operator.All investigative information will be released by the AAIB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N721FD
- Reported as
- Airbus Industrie A300B4-622R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 477
- Engines
- turbo fanturbo fan
- Damage
- No damage
- Operator
- Federal Express Corp
- Registered owner
- Federal Express Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.