- Date
- January 17, 2018, 04:20 local (04:20 UTC)
- Place
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- VH-YIRBoeing 737
- Defining event
- Landing: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 96786
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 AAIB of New Zealand has notified the NTSB of an incident involving a Boeing 737 airplane that occurred on January 17, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the AAIB of New Zealand's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as State of Manufacture of the airplane.All investigative information will be released by the AAIB of New Zealand.
Aircraft
- Registration
- VH-YIR
- Reported as
- Boeing 737 (800)
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- Cfm International CFM56-7B26ECfm International CFM56-7B26E
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport