# Incident 19931004043879I: Boeing 757232, Ft Lauderdale, FL, October 4, 1993

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1993, 17:20 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 26.0717° N, 80.1497° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE/HOLLYWOOD INTL (FLL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0717&lon=-80.1497&mi=10
- Aircraft: N638DL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N638DL-2014-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-232 (registry code 1384965, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-232) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2037 (registry code 52117, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2037) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- People aboard: 103
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL94IA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94IA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931004043879I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

EXPERIENCED PORPOISE EFFECT ON TAKEOFF ROLL. TAIL SECTION CONTACTED RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL94IA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL94IA001), Oct 4, 1993: Boeing 757-232 (N638DL), Fort Lauderdale, FL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE CAPTAIN TO USE THE PROPER ROTATION AND LIFT-OFF SPEEDS, WHICH RESULTED IN OVER ROTATION OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF AND A SUBSEQUENT TAIL SCRAPE.

## Other reports on N638DL (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19961105040309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961105040309I), Nov 5, 1996: Boeing 757232 (N638DL), Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Narrative: there is no narrative.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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