Accident Bombardier DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 N341NG,
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Date:Friday 10 August 2012
Time:15:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH8D model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bombardier DHC-8-402Q Dash 8
Owner/operator:United Express
Registration: N341NG
MSN: 4341
Year of manufacture:2010
Engine model:Pratt & Whitney Canada PW150A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 72
Aircraft damage: Substantial, repaired
Category:Accident
Location:Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD) -   United States of America
Phase: Taxi
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Pittsburgh-Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, PA (PIT/KPIT)
Destination airport:Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
An Airbus A330, D-AIKE, collided with a United Express Bombardier DHC-8-400, N341NG, while the Airbus was taxiing for takeoff from Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD). At the time of the accident, the DHC-8 was stationary and waiting for ramp workers to assist with parking at gate A1C. There were no injuries to any of the passengers or crewmembers on either airplane. The DHC-8 received substantial damage to its rudder and vertical stabilizer and the Airbus sustained minor damage to its right wingtip. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.
The DHC-8, flight 3912, had landed after a flight from Pittsburgh, PA (PIT), the A330 was operating flight LH417 to Frankfurt (FRA), Germany.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The A330 flight crew's failure to maintain a safe clearance to the DHC-8 that was stopped in front of the gate."

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: DCA12CA122B
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 3 years and 8 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

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photo (c) anon.; Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD); August 2012


photo (c) Tim Price; Washington-Dulles International Airport, DC (IAD/KIAD); 10 August 2012

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