19971215043949I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A300 B4-605R · Montego Bay, JM · December 15, 1997

Date: December 15, 1997 · 15:30 local
Place: Montego Bay, JM
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: AALA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N90070
NTSB investigation: NTSBATL98IA024
Reported as: Airbus A300B4605R
Reported engine: GE CF680C2A5
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0

N90070Registration cancelled Aug 6, 2012 · Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605RS/N 513 · Built 1989 Airframe modelAirbus Industrie A300 B4-605R Engine modelGE CF6-80 seriesTurbo-fan

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: aircraft landed at mbj striking the tail skid. The force of impact caused frame 77 to buckle slightly & crack in two places. Shear ties attaching frame 77 to the skin pulled loose between stringers 36 & 56. Frame 76 also had several shear ties bent but the frame was not damaged. Damage to three of the four frame to floor beam struts at frame 77 occurred & the lower portion of the floor beam at frame 77 was warped slightly. L/h stringer 54 cap was ruptured near frame 77. Minor exterior skin buckles were observed on either side of the tail skid. We consider this incident closed. Reported in accordance with airline safety action partnership (asap). Crew accomplished simulator re-training.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LANDED AT MBJ STRIKING THE TAIL SKID. THE FORCE OF IMPACT CAUSED FRAME 77 TO BUCKLE SLIGHTLY & CRACK IN TWO PLACES. SHEAR TIES ATTACHING FRAME 77 TO THE SKIN PULLED LOOSE BETWEEN STRINGERS 36 & 56. FRAME 76 ALSO HAD SEVERAL SHEAR TIES BENT BUT THE FRAME WAS NOT DAMAGED. DAMAGE TO THREE OF THE FOUR FRAME TO FLOOR BEAM STRUTS AT FRAME 77 OCCURRED & THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FLOOR BEAM AT FRAME 77 WAS WARPED SLIGHTLY. L/H STRINGER 54 CAP WAS RUPTURED NEAR FRAME 77. MINOR EXTERIOR SKIN BUCKLES WERE OBSERVED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TAIL SKID. WE CONSIDER THIS INCIDENT CLOSED. REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AIRLINE SAFETY ACTION PARTNERSHIP (ASAP). CREW ACCOMPLISHED SIMULATOR RE-TRAINING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ATL98IA024Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportMontego Bay, JamaicaThe pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, compounded by the automatic deployment of the ground spoilers on main wheel spin-up, resulting in a pitch angle beyond the tail strike pitch angle of the airplane, which led to the tail contacting the…Dec 15, 1997 · Minor damage

Other reports on N90070 · 2

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

Accident 19970512012989ANormal Cruise · West Palm Beach, FL(.4) The flight was assigned an airspeed of 230 knots and cleared to descend from FL240 to 16,000 feet in preparation for landing at miami. The FDR indicated that while the autopilot was engaged in the descent, the power levers moved from the mechanical…May 12, 1997 · Minor damage Incident 19950719031639INormal Cruise · Miami, FLSevere cat at FL330. Seat sign on. Several passengers and purser injured. Returned to mia. Ambulences at arrival.Jul 19, 1995 · Minor damage