# NTSB investigations, CO: 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 DCA25LA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25LA266.md): Airbus A320-251N · Denver, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Investigation open · Jul 12, 2025 · N384FR
- [NTSB CEN23LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA048.md): Hughes 369HS · Oxford, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Nov 23, 2022 · N668M · Substantial damage
  > The designated pilot examiner’s failure to maintain a proper descent during a practice 180° autorotation which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB DCA22LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA069.md): Airbus A320-232 · Hayden, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jan 22, 2022 · N760JB · Substantial damage
  > The captain’s rotation of the airplane pitch before the rotation speed on takeoff due to his surprise about encountering head on landing traffic, which resulted in an exceedance of the airplane’s pitch limit and a subsequent tail strike. Contributing to the…
- [NTSB DCA19CA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA19CA169.md): Boeing 737 · Denver, CO · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Jun 9, 2019 · N75436 · Substantial damage
  > the early initiation of the landing flare that resulted in a high pitch attitude and tailstrike.
- [NTSB DCA13CA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13CA043.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD11 · Denver, CO · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 25, 2013 · N618FE · Substantial damage
  > the flight crews failure to perform a takeoff performance data briefing following the final entries into the Flight Management System, which would have alerted them to the incorrect weight entry and resulting incorrect landing speeds. Contributing to the…
- [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…

## 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."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CO' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT s.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s."tier2Number" = '091' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent"))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence?state=CO

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