- Date
- October 9, 2016
- Place
- Melbourne, Australia
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- 9V-SYGBoeing 777
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 94181
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 Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a BOEING 777 airplane that occurred on October 09, 2016. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Australia's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the ATSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- 9V-SYG
- Reported as
- Boeing 777
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Singapore Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport