BOEING 747-400 BCF near Bagram — 2013-04-29
- Date
- 2013-04-29
- Location
- Bagram, AF
- Airport
- OAIX
- Aircraft
- BOEING 747-400 BCF
- Registration
- N949CA
- Category
- Airplane
- Highest injury
- Fatal
- Fatalities
- 7
Probable cause
National Airlines' inadequate procedures for restraining special cargo loads, which resulted in the loadmaster's improper restraint of the cargo, which moved aft and damaged hydraulic systems Nos. 1 and 2 and horizontal stabilizer drive mechanism components, rendering the airplane uncontrollable. Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's inadequate oversight of National Airlines' handling of special cargo loads.
Contributing factors
Contributing to the accident was the Federal Aviation Administration's inadequate oversight of National Airlines' handling of special cargo loads.
NTSB narrative
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-15/01. On April 29, 2013, about 1527 local time, a Boeing 747-400 BCF, N949CA, operated by National Air Cargo, Inc., dba National Airlines, crashed shortly after takeoff from Bagram Air Base, Bagram, Afghanistan. All seven crewmembers—the captain, first officer, loadmaster, augmented captain and first officer, and two mechanics—died, and the airplane was destroyed from impact forces and postcrash fire. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 supplemental cargo flight was destined for Dubai World Central - Al Maktoum International Airport, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
NTSB coding
Evidence available
- CVR
- Video
- FDR / data
- Photos
- 81 docket documents
Docket documentsshowing 50 of 81
- Operations - Attachment 4 - Dispatch Releaseatc
- Operations - Attachment 5 - ATCatc
- Cockpit Voice Recorder Group Chairman's Factual Reportcvr
- Attachment 1 - FDR Tabular Event Flightfdr
- Attachment 2 - FDR Tabular Prev Flightfdr
- FDR Data Studyfdr
- Flight Data Recorder (FDR) Group Chairman's Factual Reportfdr
- Operations - Attachment 2 - Crew Informationform
- Operations - Attachment 38 - Party Formsform
- Operations - Attachment 1 - Interview Summariesinterview
- Operations - Attachment 22 - Witness Statementsinterview
- Addendum 1 - FAA Responsesother
- Boeing Aircraft Party Submissionother
- Certificates of Party Representativesother
- FAA Cargo Safety Effortsother
- JCAT - Assessment - N949CAother
- Letter of Delegationother
- Materials Laboratory Paint Memo - Paint Testother
- Military ACME Lab Resultsother
- National Airlines Party Submissionother
- National Airlines Supplemental Submissionother
- Operations - Attachment 10 - Flight Crew Proceduresother
- Operations - Attachment 11 - Loadmaster Proceduresother
- Operations - Attachment 12 - Loadmaster Trainingother
- Operations - Attachment 13 - Main Cargo Deck Accessother
- Operations - Attachment 14 - NAL B747-400 Flightsother
- Operations - Attachment 15 - NAL Normal Checklistother
- Operations - Attachment 16 - National Air Cargo Stryker Prepother
- Operations - Attachment 17 - Portable Oxygenother
- Operations - Attachment 18 - Stabilizer Trim Checklistother
- Operations - Attachment 19 - Tactical Departuresother
- Operations - Attachment 20 - Weatherother
- Operations - Attachment 21 - Weight and Balanceother
- Operations - Attachment 23 - Ypsilanti Simulatorother
- Operations - Attachment 24 - B747 Brake Temp Checklistother
- Operations - Attachment 25 - SAFO 13008other
- Operations - Attachment 26 - B747 Normal Takeoff Calloutsother
- Operations - Attachment 27 - B747 Normal Takeoff Proceduresother
- Operations - Attachment 28 - Bagram Airfield Diagramother
- Operations - Attachment 3 - Crew Training Recordsother
- Operations - Attachment 30 - Bastion Loadingother
- Operations - Attachment 31 - Chartsother
- Operations - Attachment 32 - 8900.1 CHG 116 Cargo Inspectionsother
- Operations - Attachment 33 - 8900.1 Enroute Inspectionsother
- Operations - Attachment 34 - 8900.1 Risk Managementother
- Operations - Attachment 35 - AC 120 85other
- Operations - Attachment 36 - NAC ULD Inspections Processother
- Operations - Attachment 37 - FAA PTRS Dataother
- Operations - Attachment 39 - National Airlines Organizational Chartsother
- Operations - Attachment 6 - General Declarationother
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