# NTSB Incident ATL98IA024
> **Airbus Industrie A-300-600** · 1997-12-15 · MONTEGO BAY, JM · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ATL98IA024
- **Event ID:** 20001208X09257
- **Type:** Incident
- **Date:** 1997-12-15
- **Location:** MONTEGO BAY, JM
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 246
- **Total aboard:** 246
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Airbus Industrie
- **Model:** A-300-600
- **Registration:** N90070
- **FAR Part:** 121
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** MINR
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, compounded by the automatic deployment of the ground spoilers on main wheel spin-up, resulting in a pitch angle beyond the tail strike pitch angle of the airplane, which led to the tail contacting the runway.

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