- Date
- April 16, 2013
- Place
- Madrid, Spain
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- XA-TOJBoeing 767
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 86933
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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 April 16,2013, about 1235 UTC, an Aero Mexico B767-200, registration XA-TOJ, operated as flight 071 from Madrid-Barajas International Airport, Madrid, Spain, to Benito Juarez International Airport, Mexico City, Mexico, experienced a tail strike while departing from runway 36L in Madrid, Spain. The airplane incurred substantial damage. Two flight attendants received minor injuries, and none of the remaining crewmembers or passengers were injured. The investigation is being conducted by the Spanish Civil Aviation Accidents and Incidents Investigation Commission (CIAIAC). All information on this investigation will be released by the CIAIAC at ciaiac@fomento.es or check their website at http://www.fomento.es.
Aircraft
- Registration
- XA-TOJ
- Reported as
- Boeing 767 (200)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Aero Mexico
- Registered owner
- Aero Mexico
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport