# NTSB investigations: 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.

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## Cases, newest first

- [NTSB DCA11WA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA016.md): Airbus A300 · East Midlands, United Kingdom · Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Jan 10, 2011 · TF-ELK · Minor damage
  > On January 10, 2011, at 2150 UTC, an Air Atlanta Icelandic Airbus A300 B4-622R, registered in Iceland as TF-ELK, experienced a tailstrike while attempting to land at East Midlands Airport (EGNX), United Kingdom. The flightcrew performed a go-around and…
- [NTSB DCA11FA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11FA050.md): Boeing 737-823 · Los Angeles, CA · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Jan 3, 2011 · N831NN · Substantial damage
  > the early rotation of the airplane to an angle at which the fuselage contacted the runway. Contributing to early rotation was the Captain’s reaction to the erroneous V1 automated callout, likely assuming that the airplane was at or close to the correct Vr at…
- [NTSB CEN10LA455](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA455.md): Garlick OH-58A · Kountze, TX · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 2010 · N305SD · Substantial damage
  > A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot’s improper fuel planning.
- [NTSB ERA10TA292](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10TA292.md): Bell 206B · Memphis, TN · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 30, 2010 · N6401X · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm and the certificated flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB DCA09FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA047.md): Airbus A320 · Denver, CO · Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report · May 4, 2009 · N311US · Substantial damage
  > The first officer’s excessive pitch-up of the airplane while landing with a tailwind, which resulted in a tailstrike following a bounced landing. Contributing to the bounced landing were a high descent rate and excessive thrust resulting from the first…
- [NTSB WPR09WA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09WA138.md): Eurocopter EC225 · North Sea, United Kingdom · Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation · Feb 18, 2009 · G-REDU · Substantial damage
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- [NTSB DCA09FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09FA004.md): Airbus 320 · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report · Oct 20, 2008 · N448UA · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the flightcrew to arrest an excessive sink rate during the flare for landing.
- [NTSB DFW08CA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA215.md): Embraer EMB-145LR · St. Louis, MO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 14, 2008 · N814HK · Substantial damage
  > The flying pilot's excessive angle of attack during the landing flare resulting in abnormal runway contact.

## 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 e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE 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?page=3

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