- Date
- April 9, 2018
- Place
- Osaka, Japan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- HL7725Boeing 737
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR go-around: Tailstrike
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Parties
- Boeing
- Case key
- 97009
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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 Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) has notified the NTSB of an accident involving a BOEING 737 airplane that occurred on April 09, 2018. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Japan's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the JTSB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- HL7725
- Reported as
- Boeing 737
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Korean Air
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport