# NTSB DCA25WA253: Airbus A321, Dublin, Ireland, July 1, 2025

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: July 1, 2025, 11:03 local (11:03 UTC)
- Place: Dublin, Ireland · destination airport coords
- Coordinates: 53.421389, -6.27 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=53.4214&lon=-6.2700&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): 200496
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA25WA253
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200496/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA25WA253

## 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: TC-LTG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRBUS A321 (271NX)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10375
- Engines: Pratt & Whitney PW1133G-JM turbo fan; Pratt & Whitney PW1133G-JM turbo fan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator: Turkish Airlines
- Registered owner: Turkish Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: LTFM, Istanbul, OF
- Destination: EIDW, Dublin, OF

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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