# Accident 20140729014389A: Boeing 757-222, San Diego, CA, July 29, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2014, 22:40 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: San Diego International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 32.7331° N, 117.1881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7331&lon=-117.1881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553UA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N553UA-2017-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 757-222 (registry code 1384956, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-757-222) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney PW2040 (registry code 52121, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-pw2040) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 757-222
- Reported engine: P & W PW2040
- People aboard: 137
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,523 total, 4,704 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA14LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140729014389A

## Narrative

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

IMMEDIATELY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE AIRPLANE NOSE PITCHED UP ABRUPTLY CAUSING THE TAIL TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.

## 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 DCA14LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14LA137), Jul 30, 2014: Boeing 757 (N553UA), San Diego, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the first officer's failure to maintain the correct airspeed and pitch attitude during landing that resulted in a tailstrike.

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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