Date: | Monday 15 September 2014 |
Time: | 20:27 |
Type: | Boeing 757-223 (WL) |
Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
Registration: | N654A |
MSN: | 24612/398 |
Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
Total airframe hrs: | 71575 hours |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce RB211-535E4B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 172 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU/TJSJ) |
Destination airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:American Airlines flight 2404, a B757-200, N654A, experienced a tail strike during landing on runway 09 at Miami International Airport (KMIA), Florida, USA. The aircraft sustained substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead and there were no injuries to the 172 passengers and crew onboard. The flight was arriving from San Juan-Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, Puerto Rico.
According to the operator, the first officer (FO) was the pilot flying and the captain was the pilot monitoring and was initial operating experience (IOE) training for the FO. The flight crew reported that they had the ILS tuned and the approach was stabilized. They reported that the main gear touchdown was smooth but that the nose came up rapidly before the captain could
make the "deployed" call for the spoilers. The captain reportedly quickly grabbed the yoke and lowered the nose to the ground. Postflight maintenance inspection found damage to the aft fuselage skin and substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the first officer to control the airplane pitch after touchdown. Contributing to the accident was the first officers inexperience in the aircraft type."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | DCA14CA161 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 3 years and 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
photo (c) NTSB; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 15 September 2014
photo (c) Eric Salard; Miami International Airport, FL (MIA); 31 January 2012; (CC:by-sa)
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