# Incident 20180813025289I: Airbus A321-271N, Los Angeles, CA, August 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2018, 04:45 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Airport: Los Angeles International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: HALA
- Location: 33.9414° N, 118.4083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9414&lon=-118.4083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N204HA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N204HA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A321-271N (registry code 3930910, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-271n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: IAE PW1133G-JM (registry code 34600, https://openairdocs.org/engine/iae-pw1133g-jm) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321-271N
- Reported engine: IAE PW1133G-JM
- People aboard: 197
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,675 total, 174 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA18CA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA283) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180813025289I

## Narrative

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

RADAR ALTIMETERS IN THIS A-321 AIRCRAFT HAD THE POSSIBILTY OF FAILING DURING OVER WATER APPROACHES. LAX 6R WAS IN USE, SO A LONG OVER WATER APPROACH AT NIGHT. PILOTS DID NOT GET ALTITUDE CALLOUTS 50, 40, 30, ETC. THE SIC WAS FLYING AND BOUNCED ON LANDING. SIC RECOVERED AND LANDED. AFTER LANDING HE RAISED THE NOSE TOO MUCH AND DRAGGED THE TAIL OVER THE RUNWAY. NOBODY ON THE AIRCRAFT NOTICED ANYTHING ABNORMAL.  MAINTENANCE FOUND THE DAMAGE TO THE SKIN DURING THEIR INSPECTION TO PREPARE THE AIRCRAFT FOR THE NEXT FLIGHT.

## 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 DCA18CA283](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18CA283), Aug 13, 2018: Airbus A321-271N (N204HA), Los Angeles, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: a tailstrike caused by inappropriate recovery technique after a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the radio altimeter, caused by the approach being over calm/flat…

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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