ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173707
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| Date: | Thursday 5 February 2015 |
| Time: | 07:15 |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-323 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N273AY |
| MSN: | 337 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2000 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney PW4168A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 172 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Stand 325, London Heathrow Airport, Hounslow, Middlesex -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Charlotte Airport, NC (CLT) |
| London Heathrow Airport (LHR) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After chocks applied, aircraft rolled forward and the left engine struck an air bridge. The A330 had arrived as flight US730 at London-Heathrow from Charlotte. According to the follwoing extract from the official AAIB report into the accident:
"The commander taxied the aircraft onto Stand 325, under the direction of the stand’s parking guidance system. Upon observing a stop message on the guidance system he set the aircraft’s parking brake. After completing the aircraft’s shutdown procedure he observed an ok message. Believing chocks were in place he released the parking brake.
Having observed the parking brake light illuminate, initially the ground crew placed a chock behind the aircraft’s nose wheel. They then noticed the aircraft starting to move so quickly withdrew to a safe location. The commander heard “we are moving” so he “jumped” on the toe brakes and reset the parking brake.
At the time the commander was not aware the aircraft had hit anything. It was subsequently discovered that the front cowl of the left engine was damaged as a result of impacting the airbridge. There were no injuries. The aircraft had rolled about 0.4m, measured by the stand guidance system".
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. http://www.bea.aero/fr/enquetes/2015/2015.semaine.06.pdf
2. https://assets.digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk/media/55cc4596e5274a5470000017/Airbus_A330-323_N273AY_08-08.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 September 2012 | N273AY | US Airways | 0 | Sophia, North Carolina |  |
non |
| Turbulence | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Feb-2015 19:11 | harro | Added |
| 14-Aug-2015 15:37 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2015 02:43 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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