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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-224 · Lexington, KY · June 25, 2019

Date
June 25, 2019 · 11:50 local
Place
Lexington, KY
Airport
Blue Grass Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
K11A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N725CK
Reported as
Boeing 727-224
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

This aircraft landed on runway 22 at Lexington airport in daylight VFR with light winds and experienced a tail strike. Captain privacy data omitted was flying the aircraft on landing. Both the fe and fo advised the CA to go around on short final due to a high sink rate. The CA chose to continue the approach and landing. The aircraft was taxied to the gate. Flight operations was notified that a tail strike had occurred . Upon examination of the aircraft minor damage was noted to the tailskid, lower empennage and VHF antenna. Several aircraft parts were recovered from the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THIS AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 22 AT LEXINGTON AIRPORT IN DAYLIGHT VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS AND EXPERIENCED A TAIL STRIKE. CAPTAIN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING. BOTH THE FE AND FO ADVISED THE CA TO GO AROUND ON SHORT FINAL DUE TO A HIGH SINK RATE. THE CA CHOSE TO CONTINUE THE APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIED TO THE GATE. FLIGHT OPERATIONS WAS NOTIFIED THAT A TAIL STRIKE HAD OCCURRED . UPON EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT MINOR DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE TAILSKID, LOWER EMPENNAGE AND VHF ANTENNA. SEVERAL AIRCRAFT PARTS WERE RECOVERED FROM THE RUNWAY.