DCA25WA016

NTSB incident investigation · Boeing 787 · Guangzhou, China · October 21, 2024

IncidentClass 4 · Foreign
Date
October 21, 2024, 04:52 local (04:52 UTC)
Place
Guangzhou, China
Damage
Minor damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
B-1243Boeing 787
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Parties
CAAC
Case key
195414

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.

TailstrikeLanding-flare/touchdownAll aircraft: 124 casesDefining event

Aircraft

Registration
B-1243
Reported as
Boeing 787 (9)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Minor damage
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
China Southern Airlines