# Accident 20190808023679A: Airbus A321-211, Orlando, FL, August 8, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2019, 15:00 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Orlando
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 28.4199° N, 81.2992° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4199&lon=-81.2992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N717FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N717FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A321-211 (registry code 3940005, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a321-211) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-5B3/3 series (registry code 13101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-5b3-3-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321-211
- Reported engine: CFM INTL CFM56-5B3/3
- People aboard: 228
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 10,854 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA19LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19LA193) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190808023679A

## Narrative

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

DATE OF EVENT 08AUG2019

N717FR

FLIGHT 1187

PWM - MCO

OVERVIEW: ON 08 AUGUST 2019, N717FR EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING, WHICH RESULTED INTO A FUSELAGE AND A TAIL STRIKE, CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. NO INJURIES WERE NOTED.

DETAILS: APPROACH TO 18R, RAIN SHAFTED TO RIGHT OF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT AHEAD REPORTED SMOOTH IN RAIN UNDER CLOUD. FLIGHT CREW DIDN?T THINK THERE WAS MUCH VERTICAL BUILDUP TO THE CLOUD, AFFIRMING THE PRECEDING AIRCRAFT?S RIDE REPORT. THAT SAME AIRCRAFT LATER REPORTED LOSS OF AIRSPEED ON FINAL, FOLLOWED BY AN ATC REPORT OF WIND-SHEAR ON 18R. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION AND THE WIND READOUT ON THE ND DISPLAY, FLIGHT CREW ELECTED TO SWITCH TO 18L AS IT APPEARED THAT THE WEATHER WOULD CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST. OVER RUNWAY 18L, JUST UNDER 30 FEET AND THRUST COMING TO IDLE, CAPTAIN FELT THE AIRPLANE DROP/SINK, SO CAPTAIN APPLIED TOGA AND BEGAN THE GO-AROUND. AS THE ENGINES SPOOLED, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY. CAPTAIN ELECTED O-AROUND AND CIRCLED BACK TO 17L. ATC TOLD TO CIRCLE BACK TO 18R. FLIGHT CREW THEN HEARD FROM ATC THAT THE WIND WAS A 16 KNOT TAILWIND. CREW TOLD ATC THEY WERE UNABLE TO ACCEPT THAT TAILWIND, WHICH ELECTED ANOTHER MISSED APPROACH FROM INTERMEDIATE ALTITUDE (JUST BELOW 2,000?). ATC DIRECTED FLIGHT 1187 TO THE SOUTH, THEN EAST, THEN BACK TO 35R. THIRD APPROACH WAS TO 35R WITH A SUCCESSFUL LANDING. UPON LANDING, THE FIRST OFFICER PERFORMED THE POST-FLIGHT WALK-AROUND AND FOUND THE TAIL STRIKE DAMAGE. CREW CONTACTED MAINTENANCE AND WROTE IT UP IN THE LOGBOOK FOR MAINTENANCE INSPECTION.

## 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 DCA19LA193](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19LA193), Aug 8, 2019: Airbus A321 (N717FR), Orlando, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Encountering gusty conditions at a low altitude during landing and the crew’s decision to do a go-around at a low altitude with an excessive rotation rate.

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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