DCA21WA181

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 787 · Dublin, Ireland · July 16, 2021

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
July 16, 2021
Place
Dublin, Ireland
Phase of flight
Prior to flight
Aircraft
N873BBBoeing 787EI-EIMAirbus 330
Defining event
Prior to flight: Ground collision
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
AAL
Case key
103500

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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.

N873BB · Boeing 787

Aircraft · 2

Registration
N873BB
Reported as
Boeing 787
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Part 121
Operator
American Airlines
Registered owner
American Airlines

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.

Registration
EI-EIM
Reported as
Airbus 330
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Aer Lingus
Registered owner
Aer Lingus

Other investigations on N873BB · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.