- Date
- September 13, 1989, 10:44 local (14:44 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 106 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N629DLBoeing 757-232
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890913053949I
- Case key
- 32336
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Probable cause
Improper use of the elevator control.
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.
Analysis
The first officer made a skipped landing and continued aft pressure on the control yoke. After the airplane floated, it landed again, spoilers were deployed and the airplane pitched up. This resulted in a tail strike, and minor damage to the skin of the belly, one antenna and an overboard vent mast.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N629DL
- Reported as
- Boeing 757-232
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 22919
- Engine
- P&W PW-2037, 37,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Delta Airlines
- Registered owner
- Williminton Trust Co
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · September 12, 1989 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- BDL · Bradley, CT
- Destination
- FLL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft Lauderdale, runway 13, 6,928 × 150 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.