# Incident 20060905020909I: Boeing 757232, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 5, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 5, 2006, 13:20 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: DALA
- Location: 18.4695° N, 66.0998° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4695&lon=-66.0998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N622DL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757232
- People aboard: 116
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,585 total, 3,025 in this make and model, 179 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA06FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA06FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060905020909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT 565 UPON LANDING THE TAIL SECTION IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, MINOR DAMAGE RESULTED TO THE AIRCRAFT. INCIDENT WAS SUBMITTED AS A PILOT ASAP EVENT.

## 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 DCA06FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA06FA068), Sep 5, 2006: Boeing B757-232 (N622DL), San Juan, PR, substantial damage. Probable cause: the first officer's inadvertent application of full nose-up trim during a prolonged flare, resulting in an excessive pitch angle during landing and subsequent tailstrike. Contributing to the accident…

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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