Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Date: | Monday 12 September 2011 |
Time: | 07:14 |
Type: | Airbus A321-211 |
Operator: | Air France |
Registration: | F-GTAT |
MSN: | 3441 |
First flight: | 2008-03-11 (3 years 6 months) |
Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-5B1/3 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
Location: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) ( France)
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Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS/LFML), France |
Destination airport: | Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG), France |
Narrative:The A321 bounced on landing, causing the tail to strike the runway.
Probable Cause:
CONCLUSION: The accident was caused by insufficient control of flight parameters and on very short final to flare. The captain continued with the landing while the speed was insufficient. The reflex action on the sidestick has led to a bounce. The output of spoilers then led to a landing with an excessive pitch attitude.
The following factors contributed to the accident:
- The lack of announcement deviations from the SOPs;
- The lack of display of banking on the PFD;
- Lack of appropriate training to aircraft model.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | BEA France |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 202 days (7 months) | Accident number: | f-at110912 | Download report: | Final report
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Classification:
Tailstrike
Runway mishap
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Marseille-Provence Airport to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport as the crow flies is 648 km (405 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.