# NTSB DCA09WA019: Boeing, Stuttgart, Germany, December 12, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: December 12, 2008, 05:15 local (05:15 UTC)
- Place: Stuttgart, Germany
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69574
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09WA019
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69574/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA019

## Probable cause

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## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091); cases with it: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Analysis

On December 12, 2008 at 0515 UTC, a Boeing 757, Belgian registration OO-DLQ, operated by European Air Transport, experienced a tailstrike upon landing at Stuttgart, Germany. There were no injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. The investigation is being conducted by the BFU-Germany. www.bfu-web.de

## Factual narrative

On December 12, 2008 at 0515 UTC, a Boeing 757, Belgian registration OO-DLQ, operated by European Air Transport, experienced a tailstrike upon landing at Stuttgart, Germany. There were no injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. The investigation is being conducted by the BFU-Germany. www.bfu-web.de

## Aircraft

- Registration: OO-DLQ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: European Air Transport
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: Leipzig
- Destination: Stuttgart
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: Stuttgart

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.

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