- Date
- March 3, 1988, 05:40 local (10:40 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 349 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- LVOOZBoeing 747-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 32009
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Abrupt maneuver
Elevator - improper use ofCause
Overconfidence in personal abilityFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Fuselage,bulkhead - failure,partial
Fuselage,stringer - failure,partial
Analysis
After landing the Boeing 747-200 airliner, the captain increased the pitch attitude to 11 degrees nose up by pulling the control column aft. The tail struck the ground causing substantial damage. The Boeing airplane flight manual prescribes that the appropriate procedure is to fly the nose gear down to the runway after landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- LVOOZ
- Reported as
- Boeing 747-200
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22592
- Airframe hours
- 23,243
- Engine
- P&W JT9D-7Q, 40,500 horsepower, turbo fan
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 129
- Registered owner
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · January 22, 1988 · 8,000 hours before
- Departed
- SBGL · Rio De Janeiro, OF
- Destination
- KMIA · Miami, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MIA · Miami Int'L, runway 9L, 13,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Foreign
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 16,703 total · 4,399 in this make and model · 118 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA