# NTSB investigations: CFM International CFM56-7B27E series: Tailstrike

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB DCA25LA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA251.md): Boeing 737-924ER · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 2, 2025 · N66831 · Substantial damage
  > The first officer’s failure to maintain proper pitch attitude during flare which resulted in a bounced landing and a tailstrike.
- [NTSB DCA24LA065](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24LA065.md): Boeing 737 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 10, 2024 · N62883 · Substantial damage
  > The airplane’s aft fuselage impacted the runway as a result of a delayed flare and subsequent nose-high pitch inputs during the aircraft’s multiple touchdowns.
- [NTSB DCA14CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA14CA034.md): Boeing 737 · Las Vegas, NV · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 4, 2014 · N8327A · Substantial damage
  > the captain's over rotation during the bounced landing.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.engine_model_code IN ('13078')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND e.aircrafts_position = x.position AND e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '091'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/cases?engine=13078

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