- Date
- June 11, 2011, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mumbai, India
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- D-ALCSMcdonnell Douglas MD11 - F
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 81164
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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.
TailstrikeAll aircraft: 124 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a Cargo MD-11F that occurred on June 11, 2011. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the BFU investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Manufacturer and Design of the airplane. All investigative information will be released by the BFU.
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-ALCS
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas MD11 - F (F)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Lufthansa Cargo Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport; Standard, Normal