# NTSB DCA13WA092: Boeing 767, Madrid, Spain, April 16, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 16, 2013
- Place: Madrid, Spain
- 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
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 86933
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA13WA092
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/86933/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA13WA092

## 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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 767 (200)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Aero Mexico
- Registered owner: Aero Mexico
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport

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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