# Accident 20211212020579A: Airbus A320-251N, Las Vegas, NV, December 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2021, 23:35 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Harry Reid International Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: F3LA
- Location: 36.0803° N, 115.1524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARRY REID INTL (LAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0803&lon=-115.1524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N307FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N307FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Airbus A320-251N (registry code 3940325, https://openairdocs.org/model/airbus-a320-251n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International LEAP-1A26 (registry code 13110, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-leap-1a26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A320-251N
- Reported engine: CFM INTL LEAP-1A26
- People aboard: 191
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,537 total, 1,892 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211212020579A

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE BASED ON THE INITIAL STATEMENT BY THE CAPTAIN, WHO WAS THE PILOT FLYING. DURING THE STAR, LAS APPROACH CLEARED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^TO PRINO D21.3 AT 8,000 FEET FOR THE ILS 26L, AND WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN 210 KNOTS UNTIL LARRE. AFTER PRINO FLAPS ONE WAS COMMANDED AND SELECTED. AT LARRE LAS APPROACH TOLD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TO MAINTAIN 180 KNOTS UNTIL RELIN-D7.2 (FAF). APPROACHING SHAND FLAPS TWO WAS COMMANDED AND SELECTED. BEFORE 1,000 FEET AFE, AUTOTHRUST WAS DISENGAGED AND AUTOPILOT DISCONNECTED. SPEED WAS APPROXIMATELY 140 KNOTS AND SLOWING. PASSING THROUGH 1,000 FEET STABILIZED CRITERIA WAS MET. AT 500 FEET PILOT FLYING COMMENTED WIND HAD SHIFTED FROM A SOUTH WIND TO A TAIL WIND (3 KNOTS). CROSSING THE THRESHOLD SPEED WAS VAPP -3 KNOTS. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY THE LANDING PICTURE LOOKED NORMAL AND FLARE WAS STARTED. DURING THE FLARE THE "PITCH PITCH PITCH" WARNING SOUNDED, NOSE DOWN PITCH APPLIED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED FIRM. BACK STICK WAS APPLIED TO SOFTEN THE LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED. HOLDING BACK STICK THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK ON THE RUNWAY.

UPON CLEARING THE RUNWAY AND ANALYZING THE SITUATION, THE PILOT FLYING CHECKED THE VERTICAL HEIGHT OF HIS SEAT AND FOUND IT TO BE 2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL (FULL DOWN) POSITION.

DURING THE WALK AROUND THE FIRST OFFICER STATED THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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