# NTSB investigations, 2023: 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 DCA24WA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA040.md): Boeing 737 · East Midlands, United Kingdom · Occurrence · Class 5 · Foreign · Dec 1, 2023 · G-JMCV · No damage
- [NTSB DCA24WA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA24WA084.md): Boeing 747 · Frankfurt, Germany · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Nov 30, 2023 · TF-AMK
- [NTSB DCA23WA432](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA432.md): Airbus 320 · Dulles, VA · Incident · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 30, 2023 · EI-LRD · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA401](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA401.md): Boeing 737 · South Kalimantan, Indonesia · Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Aug 6, 2023 · PK-GNM · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DCA23LA278](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA278.md): Airbus A321-231 · Charlotte, NC · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 5, 2023 · N921US · Substantial damage
  > The captain’s failure to maintain the appropriate airspeed and pitch attitude during landing which resulted in a tailstrike.
- [NTSB CEN23LA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA175.md): Cessna 172S · Brookings, SD · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 4, 2023 · N1674E · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to maintain pitch and directional control during the takeoff roll. Contributing to the accident, was the student pilot’s delay in relinquishing control of the airplane and the instructor's delayed reaction before the loss of…
- [NTSB DCA23WA264](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA264.md): Airbus A321 · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Apr 29, 2023 · A6-WZG
- [NTSB DCA23WA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA245.md): Boeing 737 · Luqa, Malta · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Apr 13, 2023 · 9H-VVH · Minor damage
- [NTSB DCA23WA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA224.md): Boeing 737 · Jakarta, Indonesia · Incident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign · Mar 30, 2023 · PK-GMC
- [NTSB DCA23LA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA232.md): Mcdonnell Douglas MD-88 · Saltillo, Mexico · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 24, 2023 · N834US · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for a wind shift while on short final approach which resulted in a higher than normal sink rate and a tailstrike.
- [NTSB DCA23LA221](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23LA221.md): Airbus A320-232 · Houston, TX · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 22, 2023 · N1902U · Substantial damage
  > The first officer's failure to maintain the correct airspeed and pitch attitude during landing which resulted in a tailstrike.

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 2023
  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?year=2023

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