Boeing 777 B2078

Summary

On 17 April 2011 at about 13:00 local time, a Boeing 777 registered B2078, operated by China Cargo Airlines, was involved in an accident near Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 April 2011 at 13:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Copenhagen, Denmark

Nearest airport

Copenhagen IAP (EKCH)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 777

Registration

B2078

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

China Cargo Airlines

Operating rule

Non-U.S., Commercial

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Copenhagen

Aircraft damage

Substantial

NTSB number

DCA11WA046

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 April 17, 2011, about 1300 UTC, a Boeing 777, registered in China as B2078, experienced a tailstrike during a go-around. None of the four flightcrew or one passenger were injured. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The flight was registered to and operated by China Cargo Airlines. The investigation is being conducted by the Accident Investigation Board of Denmark. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries should be directed to the Danish Accident Investigation Board: Accident Investigation Board Langebjergvaenget 21 DK-4000 Roskilde Denmark Website: http://www.aib.dk

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.