- Date
- January 10, 2011, 21:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place
- East Midlands, United Kingdom
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- TF-ELKAirbus A300
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78151
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
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 diverted uneventfully to Stansted Airport (EGSS), United Kingdom (UK). The event is being investigated by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative as the state of manufacture for the engines.
Aircraft
- Registration
- TF-ELK
- Reported as
- Airbus A300 (B4-622R)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 557
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Air Atlanta Icelandic
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- EGAA · Belfast IAP
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EGNX · East Midlands Airport