Boeing 737 YL-BBN

Summary

On 19 May 2012 at about 08:19 local time, a Boeing 737 registered YL-BBN, operated by Air Baltic, was involved in an incident near Riga, Latvia. The number of people on board was not recorded. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 May 2012 at 08:19

Classification

Incident

Location

Riga, Latvia

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

YL-BBN

Category

Airplane

Operator

Air Baltic

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA12WA085

Injuries not recorded.

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 May 19, 2012, at approximately 0819 locat time, a Boeing 737-500 operated by AirBaltic was climbing after departure from Riga International Airport, and was cleared by ATC to climb to FL230. At the same time, an Airbus 320, operated by Aeroflot perfromed a go-around due to unstabilized approach. During the go around, the minimum separation between the two aircraft was 2.2 NM.The incident is being investigated by the Transport Accident & Incident Investigation Bureau of LATVIA. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture of the aircraft under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13. All inquiries should be directed to the AIIB of Latvia at the following: Transport Accident & Incident Investigation Bureau of the LATVIA tel: 371 67288140 Fax 37167283339 e-mail: [email protected]

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.