# NTSB DCA23WA431: Airbus A330-941, N411DX, Paris, France, August 30, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 30, 2023
- Place: Paris, France
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi: Ground collision](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- Parties: Delta Air Lines, FAA, BEA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192963
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA431
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192963/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA431

## 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: [Airbus A330-941, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md?model=3940314), [All aircraft, 618 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/200/sequence.md)

## Aircraft 1

- Registration: [N411DX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N411DX), registered now, S/N 1991, built 2021 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A330-941
- Registry model: [Airbus A330-941](https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a330-941) (registry code 3940098) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rolls-Roy TRENT-7000-72](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-roy-trent-7000-72) (registry code 54605, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1991
- Year built: 2021
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129

## Aircraft 2

- Registration: F-GSQT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 777 (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial

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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