# Accident 20250702021339A: Boeing 737-924ER, Las Vegas, NV, July 2, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 2, 2025, 19:46 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mc Carran International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CALA
- Location: 36.0736° N, 115.1298° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0736&lon=-115.1298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66831, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66831) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing 737-924ER (registry code 13848A3, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-924er) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: CFM International CFM56-7B27E series (registry code 13078, https://openairdocs.org/engine/cfm-international-cfm56-7b27e-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-924ER
- People aboard: 153
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,680 in this make and model, 186 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DCA25LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250702021339A

## Narrative

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

FIRST OFFICER WAS FLYING B737-900 LANDING IN LAS VEGAS RUNWAY 26L DURING VMC CONDITIONS TAIL CONTACTED RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

NO PASSENGERS OR CREW WERE INJURED NTSB HAS CLASSIFIED THIS AS AN ACCIDENT

## 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 DCA25LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA251), Jul 2, 2025: Boeing 737-924ER (N66831), Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The first officer’s failure to maintain proper pitch attitude during flare which resulted in a bounced landing and a tailstrike.

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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