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Aviation accident DCA09FA047

MINR · AIRBUS A320 · 2009-05-04 · Denver, CO, USA

Event

NTSB number
DCA09FA047
Event ID
20090505X04553
Type
Accident
Date
2009-05-04
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Coordinates
39.749904, -104.999191

Injuries

Highest injury
MINR
Fatal
0
Serious
0
Minor
4
Uninjured
150
Total aboard
154

Aircraft

Make
AIRBUS
Model
A320
Registration
N311US
FAR Part
121
Engines
2
Damage
SUBS

Conditions

Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC

Probable cause

The first officer’s excessive pitch-up of the airplane while landing with a tailwind, which resulted in a tailstrike following a bounced landing. Contributing to the bounced landing were a high descent rate and excessive thrust resulting from the first officer’s delay in retarding the thrust levers to idle, thereby providing residual thrust and preventing spoiler deployment.

Source

Authoritative
NTSB CAROL
Machine
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