# NTSB DCA23WA432: Airbus 320, Dulles, VA, August 30, 2023

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: August 30, 2023
- Place: Dulles, VA
- Location: 38.9475° N, 77.4599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of WASHINGTON DULLES INTL (IAD), within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9475&lon=-77.4599&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)
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 192981
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA23WA432
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/192981/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA23WA432

## 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: [All aircraft, 124 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/091/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: EI-LRD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS 320
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 129

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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