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BOEING 757-251DELTA AIR LINES INC

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2 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
  1. 21:20:45 EDTFDRFirst landing attempt/go-aroundp.5
    During the first landing attempt and subsequent go-around at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport (ATL), a maximum vertical acceleration of 1.231g was recorded
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  2. 21:29:46 EDTFDRLandingp.5
    Aircraft landed at ATL after going around and repositioning for another attempt
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FLIGHT DATA RECORDER - SPECIALIST'S FACTUAL REPORT · 2 events extracted by claude-sonnet-5
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
  • DCA23LA2782023-05-05substantialmatch 83
    AIRBUS A321-231 · AMERICAN AIRLINES INC
    Charlotte, NC
    • ●Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters
    • ●Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info
    Tailstrike
  • DCA25LA0152024-10-29substantialmatch 82
    AIRBUS A300 F4-622R · United Parcel Service Co
    Louisville, KY
    • ●Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters
    • ●Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info
    Tailstrike
  • DCA23LA2212023-03-22substantialmatch 82
    AIRBUS A320-232 · UNITED AIRLINES INC
    Houston, TX
    • ●Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters
    • ●Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info
    Tailstrike
  • DCA25LA2512025-07-02substantialmatch 80
    BOEING 737-924ER · UNITED AIRLINES INC
    Las Vegas, NV
    • ●Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters
    • ●Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info
    Tailstrike
  • DCA16CA1132016-03-05substantialmatch 75
    BOEING 767 34AF · UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO
    Albuquerque, NM
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Info processing/decision
    • ●Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info
    Tailstrike
  • DCA19CA1692019-06-09substantialmatch 74
    Boeing 737 · UNITED AIR LINES INC
    Denver, CO
    • ●Personnel issues › Action/decision › Info processing/decision
    Tailstrike
  • DCA09FA0472009-05-04substantialmatch 72
    AIRBUS A320 · NORTHWEST AIRLINES INC
    Denver, CO
    • ●Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters
    • ●Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info
    Tailstrike
  • DCA20CA0952020-03-21substantialmatch 70
    Boeing 757 · American Airlines
    Las Vegas, NV
    • ●Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info
    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
  • Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters
  • Action/decision › Info processing/decision
  • Task performance › Use of equip/info
Cited here, not seen in the precedents
  • —
Common in the precedents, not cited here
  • —

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
  • DCA23LA2782023-05-05 · AIRBUS A321-231 · AMERICAN AIRLINES INC
    The captain’s failure to maintain the appropriate airspeed and pitch attitude during landing which resulted in a tailstrike.
  • DCA25LA0152024-10-29 · AIRBUS A300 F4-622R · United Parcel Service Co
    The pilot’s incorrect pitch attitude during a bounced landing which resulted in a tailstrike.
  • DCA23LA2212023-03-22 · AIRBUS A320-232 · UNITED AIRLINES INC
    The first officer's failure to maintain the correct airspeed and pitch attitude during landing which resulted in a tailstrike.
  • DCA25LA2512025-07-02 · BOEING 737-924ER · UNITED AIRLINES INC
    The first officer’s failure to maintain proper pitch attitude during flare which resulted in a bounced landing and a tailstrike.
  • DCA16CA1132016-03-05 · BOEING 767 34AF · UNITED PARCEL SERVICE CO
    the pilot flying's failure to maintain airspeed and correct pitch attitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to maintain appropriate thrust after disconnecting the autothrottles. Also contributing was the first officer's failure to monitor the decaying airspeed and increasing pitch.

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).