# Incident 19960828035139I: Boeing 737300, Santa Ana, CA, August 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1996, 10:43 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N308WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N308WA-2018-01-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-347 (registry code 138447U, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-347) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737300
- People aboard: 101
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960828035139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 28, 1996 DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 2077 DEPARTED SANTA ANA, CA, ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT TO SALT LAKE CITY, UT. ON TAKE OFF FROM RUNWAY 19R (MUSLE FIVE DEPARTURE) THE AIRPLANE SCRAPED THE BOTTOM OF THE AFT FUSELAGE ON ROTATION. THE FIRST OFFICER WAS FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND THE FLIGHT DECK CREWMEMBERS WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS SCRAPE (TAIL STRIKE). THE CREW CHANGED AIRPLANES AT SALT LAKE CITY AND CONTINUED TO FRESNO, CA, AND RENO, NV. AT FRESNO, ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ASKED THE CAPTAIN ABOUT THE "TAIL STRIKE" OUT OF SANTA ANA. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE FLIGHT DECK CREW WAS AWARE OF THE TAIL STRIKE. THE CAPTAIN CALLED DELTA MAINTENANCE AND ADVISED THEM TO CHECK THE AIRPLANE THEY HAD FLOWN OUT OF SANTA ANA. THE AIRPLANE WAS AT SALT LAKE CITY AND IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BOTTOM OF THE AFT FUSELAGE HAD MINOR SCRAPES AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AFT LAVATORY DRAIN MAST. THE FLIGHT DECK CREWMEMBERS WERE TAKEN OFF OF FLIGHT STATUS UNTIL THEY WERE GIVEN TRAINING AND A PROFICIENCY CHECK. THE PROFICIENCY CHECK WAS CONDUCTED IN A B-737-300 LEVEL C SIMULATOR AT SALT LAKE CITY AND OBSERVED BY FAA INSPECTOR MOONEY. THE PROFICIENCY CHECK INCLUDED A MUSLE FIVE DEPARTURE OFF OF RUNWAY 19R AT SANTA ANA WITH THE FIRST OFFICER FLYING THE AIRPLANE AND THE SIMULATOR CONFIGURED THE SAME AS THE TAIL STRIKE AIRPLANE INCLUDING THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE PROFICIENCY CHECK WAS SATISFACTORY AND THE CREWMEMBERS WERE RETURNED TO FLIGHT STATUS. DELTA AIRLINE'S PRESENT DEPARTURE PROCEDURE FROM SANTA ANA HAS THE PILOT AT VR MAKE A POSITIVE ROTATION TO A DECK ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 21 DEGREES. THIS PROCEDURE IS GOING TO BE AMENDED TO EMPHASIZE NORMAL ROTATION TO A DECK ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 21 DEGREES. THIS IS THE FINAL REPORT CONCERNING THIS INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N308WA (4)

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

- [Incident 20050722015489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050722015489I), Jul 22, 2005: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Jackson, WY. (-23) During takeoff roll the number one engine ingested a bird, and the aircraft aborted takeoff.
- [Incident 20030404009229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030404009229I), Apr 4, 2003: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Helena, MT, Minor damage. (-23) On April 4, 2003, delta flight 1452, enroute from salt lake city (slc), Utah, to Helena (hln), Montana, landed at hln. After landing and post-flight…
- [Incident 20010816019969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010816019969I), Aug 16, 2001: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) ATC cleared delta 1521 for takeoff on dfw runway 18L just 30 seconds before clearing Continental 1487, which had just landed on runway 18R, to cross…
- [Incident 19970430013079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970430013079I), Apr 30, 1997: Boeing 737347 (N308WA), Salt Lake City, UT, Minor damage. Narrative: delta 1939 encountered two or more sea gulls while on final approach to slc. One bird struck the left main gear another the right side of the nose…

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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