# NTSB DCA18WA222: Boeing 737 800, N276EA, Crete, Greece, June 10, 2018

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: June 10, 2018, 14:53 local (14:53 UTC)
- Place: Crete, Greece
- Coordinates: 35.339443, 25.184165 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3394&lon=25.1842&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 173 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 97513
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA18WA222
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/97513/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA18WA222

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091) (defining event); cases with it: [Boeing 737-800, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md?model=1384414), [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N276EA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N276EA-2025-08-07), registration cancelled 2025-08-07, S/N 35070, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737 800 (8AL)
- Registry model: [Boeing 737-800](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-737-800) (registry code 1384414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35070
- Year built: 2006
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 121
- Operator: Swiftair
- Registered owner: Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee
- 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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