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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Airbus A320-232 · Santa Ana, CA · April 8, 2002

Date
April 8, 2002 · 08:10 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
UALA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N402UA
Reported as
Airbus A320232
Pilot’s flight hours
7,650 total

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.

What happened

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

(-23) United airline Airbus A320, N402UA, flight number 1139, had a "tail strike" while landing at John Wayne airport in Santa Ana, California. Minor damage to the aircraft and no reported injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UNITED AIRLINE AIRBUS A320, N402UA, FLIGHT NUMBER 1139, HAD A "TAIL STRIKE" WHILE LANDING AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT IN SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO REPORTED INJURIES.