DCA24WA084

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 747 · Frankfurt, Germany · November 30, 2023

IncidentClass 5 · Foreign
Date
November 30, 2023, 08:56 local (08:56 UTC)
Place
Frankfurt, Germany · departure airport location
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
TF-AMKBoeing 747
Defining event
Takeoff: Tailstrike
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
193718

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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.

Aircraft

Registration
TF-AMK
Reported as
Boeing 747 (400F)
Category
Airplane
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Destination
GSP · Greenville, SC
Airport
HHN · Frankfurt-Hahn