# Accident 20180727017409A: Boeing 767-38E, Portsmouth, NH, July 27, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2018, 04:50 local time
- Place: Portsmouth, NH
- Airport: Portsmouth International At Pease
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: UIEA
- Location: 43.0781° N, 70.8233° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0781&lon=-70.8233&mi=10
- Aircraft: N641GT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N641GT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 767-38E (registry code 1385154, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-767-38e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-80C2B6F (registry code 30109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-80c2b6f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767-38E
- Reported engine: GE CF6-80C2B6F
- People aboard: 255
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,400 total, 2,507 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA18CA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180727017409A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING AND DEROTATION, THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS RAPIDLY LOWERED, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO CONTACT THE RUNWAY WITH INCREASED FORCE.  THE IMPACT CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UPPER PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE.  THE EXTERIOR SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS WRINKLED IN A SEMICIRCULAR FASHION FROM THE TOP OF THE WINDOWS ON ONE SIDE, OVER THE CROWN OF THE FUSELAGE, TO THE TOP OF THE WINDOWS ON THE OTHER SIDE.  THE DAMAGE OCCURED BETWEEN THE 11TH AND 12TH WINDOW AFT OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE OF THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE WAS POSSIBLE AFTER REMOVAL OF CEILING PANELS AND INSULATION BY COMPANY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TRAVELING WITH THE AIRCRAFT.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO STRINGERS AND OTHER SUPPORT STRUCTURES WAS OBSERVED.

DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR TRUCKS WAS ALSO NOTED.  THIS DAMAGE WAS MINOR, AND IS CONSISTENT WITH DAMAGE NOTED AFTER EXCESSIVE COMPRESSION OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS.

REIVEW OF THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT LOG, AND STATEMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE FLIGHT CREW, INDICATE THAT THE FIRST OFFICER WAS THE PILOT FLYING.  THE FIRST OFFICER WAS A RECENTLY TRAINED CREW MEMBER, AND WAS OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE SECOND LEG OF HIS INITIAL OPERATING EXPERIENCE FOLLOWING COMPLETION OF INITIAL TRAINING.

A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE FIRST OFFICER INDICATED THAT AFTER THE MAIN LANDING GEAR MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, HE RELEASED BACK PRESSURE TO AVOID STRIKING THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE FIRST OFFICER STATED THAT HE RECOGNIZED THE ACCELERATED DEROTATION OF THE NOSE, BUT DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ELEVATOR AUTHORITY TO OVERCOME IT.

A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE CAPTAIN STATED "IN THE LANDING PHASE I THINK WE SKIPPED OF (SIC) THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND BUT ENOUGH TO DEPLOY THE SPEED BRAKES IN FLIGHT."  THE CAPTAIN STATED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT HARDER THAN NORMAL, AND THAT AFTER THE NOSE FIRST IMPACTED THE RUNWAY, IT BOUNCED "2 MAYBE 3 TIMES."

## 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 DCA18CA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA252), Jul 27, 2018: Boeing 767 (N641GT), Portsmouth, NH, substantial damage. Probable cause: an improper landing flare technique and the lack of the appropriate bounced landing recovery procedure.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.