# NTSB DCA11WA016: Airbus A300, East Midlands, United Kingdom, January 10, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: January 10, 2011, 21:50 local (21:50 UTC)
- Place: East Midlands, United Kingdom
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78151
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA016
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78151/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA016

## 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) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: 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

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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