# NTSB Accident DCA09FA047
> **AIRBUS A320** · 2009-05-04 · Denver, CO, USA · MINR
## 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.

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