# Accident 20051119031829A: Boeing 7378Q8, State College, PA, November 19, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 19, 2005, 22:18 local time
- Place: State College, PA
- Airport: University Park
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MYWA
- Location: 40.8492° N, 77.8486° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8492&lon=-77.8486&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734MA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 7378Q8
- Reported engine: CFMINT CFM567B26US
- People aboard: 126
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,141 total, 1,258 in this make and model, 113 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051119031829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LAN WITH 118 PASSENGERS AND CREW OF 7 FOR UNV WITH CAPTAIN ^PRIVAC^ AS THE PILOT FLYING (PF). EXTRA FUEL WAS TANKERED SINCED THE PRICE OF FUEL IN LAN WAS CHEAPER THAN UNV. PERFORMANCE AND STRUCTURAL LIMITS WERE NOT EXCEEDED UPON DEPARTURE OR ARRIVAL. UPON LANDING AT NIGHT AT UNV WITH 40 DEGREES OF FLAPS (COMPANY POLICY FOR RUNWAYS<7000 FT), AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED BACK INTO AIR AND LANDED VERY HARD THE SECOND TIME WITH TAILSKID AND AFT BOTTOM OF AIRCRAFT CONTACTING RUNWAY. CREW HEALTH, REST, DUTY TIME, FLIGHT TIME AND WEATHER ARE NOT CONSIDERED TO BE FACTORS AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT OR AVIONICS. THE CAPTAIN BRIEFED AND SET UP FOR A PRACTICE LNAV/VNAV APPROACH BACKED UP BY THE ILS TO RUNWAY 24 AND A PLANNED 40 DEGREE FLAP LANDING. UNV IS AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT WITH PILOT CONTROLLED LIGHTS AND A 6700 FT. LONG X 150 FT. WIDE RUNWAY. DESCENT AND APPROACH TO LANDING WERE NORMAL WITH THE AUTOPILOT COUPLED UNTIL DA. CAPTAIN ^PRIVAC^ THEN DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT AND CONTINUED THE LNAV/VNAV APPROACH WITH THE AUTOTHROTTLES ACTIVE AND DISCONNECTED THEM IN THE FLARE.

## 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 NYC06LA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06LA033), Nov 20, 2005: Boeing 737-800 (N734MA), State College, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper touchdown and recovery from a bounced landing. Factors to the accident were the operator's failure to provide sufficient information on the use of autothrottles and bounced…

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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