# NTSB DCA11WA041: Boeing B737, Bucharest, Romania, April 4, 2011

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 4, 2011, 06:10 local (06:10 UTC)
- Place: Bucharest, Romania
- Location: 44.5718° N, 26.1033° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (LROP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5718&lon=26.1033&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 83 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 78800
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA11WA041
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/78800/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA11WA041

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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 April 4, 2011, a Boeing 737-300, Romanian registration YR-BGD, operated by TAROM Airlines experienced a tailstrike on takeoff from the Henri Coanda Airport, Bucharest, Romania (LROP). The flight crew reported a loss of lift after rotation, and was informaed by cabin crew that they felt an impact in the tail area. The flight returned to LROP and landed without further incident. The flight was a scheduled flight to Madrid, Spain. Extent of damage is unknown. There were no injuries to the 78 passengers and 5 crew members. The incident is being investigated by the Center of Investigation and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety of Romania.

## Aircraft

- Registration: YR-BGD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Boeing B737 (300)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Tarom
- Registered owner: Tarom
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LROP, Bucharest
- Destination: LEMD, Madrid
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: LROP, Henri Coanda, Bucharest

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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