Boeing 777-200ER accident near San Francisco, CA
On July 6, 2013, a Boeing 777-200ER (airplane) was involved in an accident near San Francisco, CA. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 6, 2013
- Place
- San Francisco, CA
- Aircraft
- Boeing 777-200ER · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 50 serious, 137 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 37.613°N, 122.364°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130707X83745
Official records · DCA13MA120
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
- Investigation page: status, final report and safety recommendations
Air traffic control records
- Audio File-Caution Tone From Iic Opener Presentation: Audio recording (WAV), on ntsb.gov
- Transcript-Public Hearing Full 12-11-13: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-Factual Report Of Group Chairman: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-FAA Sfo Accident Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
- ATC 3-Papi Flight Inspection Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
The Safety Board's full report is available at http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Pages/aviation.aspx. The Aircraft Accident Report number is NTSB/AAR-14/01. On July 6, 2013, about 1128 Pacific daylight time, a Boeing 777-200ER, Korean registration HL7742, operating as Asiana Airlines flight 214, was on approach to runway 28L when it struck a seawall at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), San Francisco, California. Three of the 291 passengers were fatally injured; 40 passengers, 8 of the 12 flight attendants, and 1 of the 4 flight crewmembers received serious injuries. The other 248 passengers, 4 flight attendants, and 3 flight crewmembers received minor injuries or were not injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. Flight 214 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from Incheon International Airport (ICN), Seoul, Korea, operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 129. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed.
Probable cause
The flight crew's mismanagement of the airplane's descent during the visual approach, the pilot flying's unintended deactivation of automatic airspeed control, the flight crew's inadequate monitoring of airspeed, and the flight crew's delayed execution of a go-around after they became aware that the airplane was below acceptable glidepath and airspeed tolerances. Contributing to the accident were
From Wikipedia
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was a scheduled transpacific passenger flight originating from Incheon International Airport near Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco International Airport near San Francisco, California, United States that crashed on final approach into Runway 28L of San Francisco International Airport in the United States on the morning of July 6, 2013. The Boeing 777-200ER operating the flight, registered as HL7742, approached too slowly and crashed at an angle into the seawall before the threshold of Runway 28L. The tail, main landing gear, and left engine separated, while the remaining fuselage slid along the runway before coming to a stop and catching fire.
Of the 307 people on board, three were killed; another 187 occupants were injured, 49 of them seriously. Among the seriously injured were four flight attendants who were thrown onto the runway while still strapped in their seats when the tail section broke off after striking the seawall short of the runway.
Text from Wikipedia, “Asiana Airlines Flight 214”, CC BY-SA 4.0; shortened to the introduction. Authors.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
