FAA incident report · Boeing 737-3B7 · Middletown, PA · June 4, 1989
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Scraped bottom of tail on touchdown rollout. Maintenance released aircraft but later found more damage.
SCRAPED BOTTOM OF TAIL ON TOUCHDOWN ROLLOUT. MAINTENANCE RELEASED AIRCRAFT BUT LATER FOUND MORE DAMAGE.