# Incident 19971215043949I: Airbus A300B4605R, Montego Bay, JM, December 15, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1997, 15:30 local time
- Place: Montego Bay, JM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AALA
- Aircraft: N90070, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90070-2012-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus Industrie A300 B4-605R (registry code 3930308, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-industrie-a300-b4-605r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80 series (registry code 30025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A300B4605R
- Reported engine: GE CF680C2A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL98IA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98IA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971215043949I

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ATL98IA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98IA024), Dec 15, 1997: Airbus Industrie A-300-600 (N90070), Montego Bay, Jamaica, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The 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…

## Other reports on N90070 (2)

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

- [Accident 19970512012989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970512012989A), May 12, 1997: Airbus A300B4605R (N90070), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. (.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…
- [Incident 19950719031639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950719031639I), Jul 19, 1995: Airbus A300B4605R (N90070), Miami, FL, Minor damage. Severe cat at FL330. Seat sign on. Several passengers and purser injured. Returned to mia. Ambulences at arrival.

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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