Boeing B737-800 SU-BPZ

Summary

On 16 August 2008 at about 12:00 local time, a Boeing B737-800 registered SU-BPZ, operated by Aircraft Maintenance Corporation, was involved in an incident near Paris, France. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

16 August 2008 at 12:00

Classification

Incident

Location

Paris, France

Nearest airport

Charles DeGaulle (LFPG)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing B737-800

Registration

SU-BPZ

Category

Airplane

Operator

Aircraft Maintenance Corporation

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paris → Alexandria

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

NTSB number

DCA08WA100

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On August 16, 2008, a Boeing 737-800, serial number YK633, Egyptian registration SU-BPZ, struck runway lights near a construction zone while departing runway 27L at Paris Charles DeGaulle airport. The airplane continued to Alexandria, Egypt. There were no injuries and a local Boeing service representative in Egypt reported three nose tires were replaced. There was an undetermined further extent of damage. The aircraft was operated by AMC Aircraft Maintenance Corporation of Egypt. Initial information from the operator indicated the flight crew miscalculated runway length and aircraft speeds for departure. This investigation is being conducted by the Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile (BEA) of France. All inquiries regarding this investigation should be directed to the BEA at: Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation civile Bâtiment 153 Aéroport du Bourget 93350 Le Bourget France Website: http://www.bea-fr.org

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.