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AIRBUS 320United Airlines

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0 timed factsthe recorder events from the FDR report, with the transcript's warnings, callouts, the words nearest each event and the final seconds — on one clock, as printed in each report

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Recorder events without a clock time
  • about 3 minutes before touchdownStart of plots; after completing a left turn the aircraft straightened on the runway heading with flaps and slats deployed
  • touchdownBoth main gear touched down at the same moment, accompanied by two vertical acceleration spikes about two seconds apart (tail strike)
  • about 15 seconds after main gear touchdownNose gear touched down
  • landingThe copilot's sidestick was being operated at the time of the incident; the pilot's was not
Flight Data Recorder 10 - Factual Report of Group Chairman · 4 events extracted by claude-fable-5-1 (in-session)
How the Board coded the sequence
  1. Landing-flare/touchdown: Tailstrike

Precedents

8 closest casesranked by what happened, in the Board's words, and by the findings and occurrences it coded
  • DCA13FA0712013-04-05substantialmatch 97
    AIRBUS 321 · U.A Airways Inc
    Las Vegas, NV
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike
  • DCA14LA1372014-07-30substantialmatch 96
    BOEING 757 · United Airlines
    San Diego, CA
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike
  • DCA24LA0652024-01-10substantialmatch 94
    BOEING 737 · UNITED AIRLINES INC
    Houston, TX
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike
  • DCA22LA0022021-09-27substantialmatch 93
    BOEING 757-224 · United Airlines Inc.
    Newark, NJ
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike
  • DCA14CA0342014-01-04substantialmatch 89
    BOEING 737 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
    Las Vegas, NV
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike
  • DCA13CA0652013-03-08substantialmatch 89
    BOEING 757-232 · DELTA AIR LINES INC
    Atlanta, GA
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike
  • DCA17LA1222017-05-21substantialmatch 86
    BOEING 757 · Delta Air Lines
    Raleigh, NC
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike
  • DCA19LA1932019-08-08substantialmatch 76
    Airbus A321 · Frontier Airlines
    Orlando, FL
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Action
    Tailstrike

What the record says

a pattern, not a findingacross the 8 closest cases · 8 carry coded findings · 8 have a probable cause
Findings the Board cited in those cases
Occurrences it coded
  • 8 of 8Tailstrike
Set against the Board’s own findings for this case
Cited here, and common in the precedents
  • Action/decision › Action
Cited here, not seen in the precedents
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Common in the precedents, not cited here
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A teaching device, not a verdict: what the record would have looked at, next to what the Board found.

In the Board’s words — the closest cases
  • DCA13FA0712013-04-05 · AIRBUS 321 · U.A Airways Inc
    the captain's improper recovery from a bounced landing which resulted in a tailstrike.
  • DCA14LA1372014-07-30 · BOEING 757 · United Airlines
    the first officer's failure to maintain the correct airspeed and pitch attitude during landing that resulted in a tailstrike.
  • DCA24LA0652024-01-10 · BOEING 737 · UNITED AIRLINES INC
    The airplane’s aft fuselage impacted the runway as a result of a delayed flare and subsequent nose-high pitch inputs during the aircraft’s multiple touchdowns.
  • DCA22LA0022021-09-27 · BOEING 757-224 · United Airlines Inc.
    The nose high attitude on landing resulted in a tailstrike.
  • DCA14CA0342014-01-04 · BOEING 737 · SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
    the captain's over rotation during the bounced landing.

This is the pattern in the NTSB’s own record across similar accidents — which findings it cited, what it coded, what it recommended. It is drawn from the record, not written about this case, and it never assigns blame: investigations exist to prevent the next accident (ICAO Annex 13).